The utility of routinely collected data in evaluating important policy changes: The New Zealand alcohol purchasing age limit example

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1212-1215

  Kypri, Kypros ^a   Davie, Gabrielle ^b   Langley, John ^b   Voas, Robert ^c   Begg, Dorothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PURCHASING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650744683     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.120212     Document Type: Article

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