Science and alcohol policy: A case study of the EU Strategy on Alcohol

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 55-66

  Gordon, Rebecca ^a   Anderson, Peter ^b  

^a Fundació Clínic per la Recerca Biomèdica   (Spain)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; European Commission; Evidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHILD; COMMERCE; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951665366     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03324.x     Document Type: Article

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