Alcoholic beverage taxes, prices and drinking

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-192

  Chaloupka, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol abuse; Drunk driving; Price; Tax; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; DRINKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; NOTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; HUMANS; TAXES;

EID: 58349110345     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02486.x     Document Type: Note

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