Evaluating retailer behavior in preventing youth access to harmful legal products: A feasibility test

Evaluation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-515

  Courser, Matthew W ^a   Holder, Harold D ^b   Collins, David ^a   Johnson, Knowlton ^a   Ogilvie, Kristen A ^b  

^a Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation Louisville Center   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan retailers; Environmental strategies; Harmful legal products; Youth purchase attempts

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70349322235     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X08320940     Document Type: Article

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