RTDs in Australia: Expensive designer drinks or cheap rocket fuel?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Jones, Sandra C ^a   Barrie, Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcopops; Price; Standard drinks; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MARKETING; PACKAGING; STANDARD; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRODUCT PACKAGING; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651248521     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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