Estimates of harm associated with changes in Swedish alcohol policy: Results from past and present estimates

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1096-1105

  Andreasson, Sven ^a,f   Holder, Harold D ^b   Norström, Thor ^c   Österberg, Esa ^d   Rossow, Ingeborg ^e  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f Statens Folkhälsoinstitut   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol related harm; Mortality; Policy; Price

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATALITY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; PARAMETER; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; TAX; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE; WINE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; TAXES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33745784805     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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