The effects of a large reduction in alcohol prices on hospitalizations related to alcohol: A population-based natural experiment

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 759-767

  Herttua, Kimmo ^a,b   Mäkelä, Pia ^c   Martikainen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcohol related disorders; Commerce; Economics; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952290788     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03296.x     Document Type: Article

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