The minimum legal drinking age: History, effectiveness, and ongoing debate

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 213-218

  Toomey, Traci L ^a   Rosenfeld, Carolyn ^a   Wagenaar, Alexander C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; AOD availability; AOD sales; AODR (alcohol and other drug related) injury prevention; Aodr mortality; Drinking and driving; Evaluation; History of AOD public policy; Law enforcement; Minimum drinking age laws; Public policy on AOD; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001603347     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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