Young adult perceptions of smoking in outdoor park areas

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1042-1045

  Klein, Elizabeth G ^a   Bernat, Debra H ^b   Forster, Jean L ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Parks and recreation; Policy; Secondhand smoke; Tobacco; Young adult

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN SPACE; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO SMOKING RESTRICTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTDOOR PARK AREA; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84864814479     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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