Frequency and characteristics associated with exposure to tobacco direct mail marketing and its prospective effect on smoking behaviors among young adults from the US Midwest

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2179-2183

  Choi, Kelvin ^a   Forster, Jean L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POSTAL SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907835432     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302123     Document Type: Article

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