The impact of retail practices on violence: The case of single serve alcohol beverage containers

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 496-504

  Parker, Robert Nash ^a   Mccaffree, Kevin J ^a   Skiles, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for Public Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; Prevention; Public policy; Single serve alcoholic beverage; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; POLICY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052397354     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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