The operation failed, but the patient survived. Varying assessments of the Soviet Union's last anti-alcohol campaign

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 241-260

  Reitan, Therese C ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti alcohol campaign; Mikhail Gorbachev; Public health; Soviet union

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEALTH POLICY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0035000037     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-067X(01)00004-6     Document Type: Note

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