Close proximity to alcohol outlets is associated with increased serious violent crime in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-54

  Day, Peter ^a   Breetzke, Gregory ^a   Kingham, Simon ^a   Campbell, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROUPS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859124670     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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