Alcohol sales data are essential for good public policies towards alcohol

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 188-189

  Hall, Wayne D ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya N ^b   d'Abbs, Peter H N ^c   Room, Robin G W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 51349085920     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01977.x     Document Type: Editorial

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