Tobacco retail outlets and vulnerable populations in Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7299-7309

  Chaiton, Michael O ^a   Mecredy, Graham C ^a   Cohen, Joanna E ^a,b   Tilson, Melodie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Non Smokers' Rights Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

Availability; Disparities; Geospatial analysis; Prevalence; Retail; School; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RETAILING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CANADA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO OUTLET; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

COMMERCE; GEOGRAPHY; ONTARIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84890465605     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10127299     Document Type: Article

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