The price of alcohol: A consideration of contextual factors

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1734-1742

  Treno, Andrew J ^a   Gruenewald, Paul J ^a   Wood, Darryl S ^b   Ponicki, William R ^a  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Availability; Alcohol Distribution Costs; Alcohol Price; Price Competition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; INTERVIEW; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WINE;

ALASKA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE;

EID: 33749073649     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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