Economic and other views of addiction: Implications for the choice of alcohol, tobacco and drug policies

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-368

  Buck, David ^a   Godfrey, Christine ^a   Sutton, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addictive behaviours; Drug policy; Economic analysis; Elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030356232     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239600186121     Document Type: Article

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