The Big Drink Debate: Perceptions of the impact of price on alcohol consumption from a large scale cross-sectional convenience survey in north west England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cook, Penny A ^a   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a   Morleo, Michela ^a   Harkins, Corinne ^b   Briant, Linford ^c   Bellis, Mark A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052025919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-664     Document Type: Article

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