Tackling alcohol misuse: Purchasing patterns affected by minimum pricing for alcohol

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-63

  Ludbrook, Anne ^a   Petrie, Dennis ^b   McKenzie, Lynda ^a   Farrar, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Health policy.

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; PURCHASING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84055177514     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11594840-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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