Pricing and tax options to reduce alcohol-related harms

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 921-922

  Webster, Ian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; Australia; Minimum pricing; Volumetric tax

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NOTE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; HUMANS;

EID: 84859334142     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03856.x     Document Type: Note

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