Validation of commercial business lists as a proxy for licensed alcohol outlets

Abstract Background Studies of retail alcohol outlets are restricted to regions due to lack of U.S. national data. Commercial business lists (BL) offer a possible solution, but no data exists to determine if BLs could serve as an adequate proxy for license data. This paper compares geospatial measur...

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Main Authors: Heather A. Carlos, Joy Gabrielli, James D. Sargent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4419-0