No more business as usual: enticing companies to sharply lower the public health costs of the products they sell

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-279

  Sugarman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Performance based; Products; Regulation; Tax

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY APPROACH; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SMOKING; TAXES;

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EID: 61849089028     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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