Trade and health: How World Trade Organization (WTO) law affects alcohol and public health

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1952-1958

  Baumberg, Ben ^a,b   Anderson, Peter ^c  

^a Institute of Alcohol Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; Alcohol related harm; Globalization; International law; Public health; Trade agreements; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHICS; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 55649109458     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02322.x     Document Type: Review

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