Communicating the health effects of consumer products: The case of moderate alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 459-470

  Phillips, Carl V ^a   Zeckhauser, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17044430868     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199609)17:5<459::AID-MDE788>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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