Food, alcohol and cigarette availability and consumption in Almaty, Kazakstan: Results and appraisal of a rapid assessment

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 791-800

  Yim, Andrew ^a,b   Humphries, Debbie ^a   Abuova, Gaukhar ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Apartment 1 F ^*  (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Central Asia; Food availability; Food items; Kazakstan; Mapping techniques; Nutrition; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; URBAN POPULATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0346749750     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003503     Document Type: Article

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