Alcohol availability and neighborhood characteristics in Los Angeles, California and Southern Louisiana

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-205

  Bluthenthal, Ricky N ^a,b   Cohen, Deborah A ^a   Farley, Thomas A ^c   Scribner, Richard ^d   Beighley, Christopher ^a   Schonlau, Matthias ^a   Robinson, Paul L ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LSUHSC School of Public Health   (United States)

^e CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol outlet types; Alcohol price; Beverage specific availability; Community characteristics; Liquor stores; Off sale alcohol outlets; Shelf space measurements; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MARKETING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40549132921     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9255-1     Document Type: Article

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