Explaining change and stasis in alcohol consumption

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 562-576

  Room, Robin ^a,d   Osterberg, Esa ^b   Ramstedt, Mats ^a   Rehm, Jurgen ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption trends; Availability; Long waves; Norms; Saturation; Societal responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450174455     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350802626966     Document Type: Article

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