Coverage of beverage alcohol issues in the print media in the United States, 1985-1991

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1555-1560

  Lemmens, Paul H ^a   Vaeth, Patrice A C ^b   Greenfield, Thomas K ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032884794     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.10.1555     Document Type: Article

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