A review of public opinion towards alcohol controls in Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tobin, Claire ^a   Moodie, A Rob ^b   Livingstone, Charles ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 79251564060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-58     Document Type: Article

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