Effects of alcohol Taxes on alcohol-related mortality in Florida: Time-series analyses from 1969 to 2004

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1915-1921

  Maldonado Molina, Mildred M ^a   Wagenaar, Alexander C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; Alcohol taxes; Florida; Mortality; Time series

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELASTICITY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; COMMERCE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXES;

EID: 78049261452     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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