Is the "alcopops" tax working? Probably yes but there is a bigger picture

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-86

  Skov, Steven J ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya N ^b   Kypri, Kypros ^c   Miller, Peter G ^d   Hall, Wayne D ^e   Daube, Michael M ^f   Rob Moodie, A ^g  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INDUSTRY; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; READY TO DRINK SPIRIT BASED BEVERAGES; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; WINE INDUSTRY;

EID: 79960594862     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03215.x     Document Type: Article

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