Revealing the link between licensed outlets and violence: Counting venues versus measuring alcohol availability

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 524-535

  Liang, Wenbin ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcoholic beverage; Domestic violence; Drinking behaviour; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052394458     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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