Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 525-529 , September 2010

Association of availability of tobacco products with socio-economic and racial/ethnic characteristics of neighbourhoods

  • M. Siahpush

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6075, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 402 559 3437; fax: +1 402 559 3773.
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  • P.R. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community-Based Health, College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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  • G.K. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
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  • L.R. Timsina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6075, USA
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  • J. Martin

      Affiliations

    • Tobacco Free Nebraska, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, NE, USA

Received 2 September 2009 ,Revised 24 March 2010 ,Accepted 28 April 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00163-0

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.04.010

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 525-529 , September 2010

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