The Alcohol Reform Bill: More tinkering than reform in response to the New Zealand public's demand for better liquor laws

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-433

  Kypri, Kypros ^a,b   Maclennan, Brett ^b   Langley, John D ^b   Connor, Jennie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; NEW ZEALAND; NOTE; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 79958734038     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00320.x     Document Type: Note

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