Weakening of one more alcohol control pillar: A review of the effects of the alcohol tax cuts in Finland in 2004

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 554-563

  Mäkelä, Pia ^a   Österberg, Esa ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol policy; Alcohol prices; Alcohol taxation; Alcohol related harm; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; FINLAND; HUMANS; TAXES;

EID: 62649175772     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02517.x     Document Type: Article

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