Assessment of the Average Price and Ethanol Content of Alcoholic Beverages by Brand-United States, 2011

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1288-1297

  Diloreto, Joanna T ^a   Siegel, Michael ^a   Hinchey, Danielle ^a   Valerio, Heather ^a   Kinzel, Kathryn ^a   Lee, Stephanie ^a   Chen, Kelsey ^a   Shoaff, Jessica R ^a   Kenney, Jessica ^a   Jernigan, David H ^b   Dejong, William ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol content; Alcohol prices; Alcoholic beverage type; Youth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863781047     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01721.x     Document Type: Article

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