Open AccessAlcohol Advertising on Boston's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit System: An Assessment of Youths' and Adults' Exposure
Author(s) -
Justin A. Nyborn,
Kimberly Wukitsch,
Siphannay Nhean,
Michael Siegel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.149906
Subject(s) - public transport , transit (satellite) , population , bay , advertising , transit system , demography , transport engineering , gerontology , medicine , environmental health , geography , business , engineering , sociology , archaeology
We investigated the frequency with which alcohol advertisements appeared on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) transit lines in Boston, MA, and we calculated adult and youths' exposure to the ads.