| Literature DB >> 12948952 |
Marice Ashe1, David Jernigan, Randolph Kline, Rhonda Galaz.
Abstract
We desired to understand how legal tools protect public health by regulating the location and density of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and fast food retail outlets. We reviewed the literature to determine how land use regulations can function as control tools for public health advocates. We found that land use regulations are a public health advocacy tool that has been successfully used to lessen the negative effects of alcohol retail outlets in neighborhoods. More research is needed to determine whether such regulations are successful in reducing the negative effects of other retail outlets on community health.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12948952 PMCID: PMC1447982 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.93.9.1404
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308