Was Goliath blind or ignorant? The struggle between evidence and passion in alcohol public policies in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-260

  Pechansky, Flavio ^a   Pinsky, Ilana ^b   Laranjeira, Ronaldo R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAZIL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AMERICAS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 33846540075     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462006000700001     Document Type: Editorial

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