Field validation of secondary data sources for enumerating retail tobacco outlets in a state without tobacco outlet licensing

Health and Place

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-44

  D'Angelo, Heather ^a   Fleischhacker, Sheila ^b   Rose, Shyanika W ^a   Ribisl, Kurt M ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial secondary data; Evidence for validity; Tobacco outlets

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATABASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO OUTLET LICENSING; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CENSUSES; COMMERCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LICENSURE; NORTH CAROLINA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESTAURANTS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84925213995     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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