Health impacts of increasing alcohol prices in the European Union: A dynamic projection

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-243

  Lhachimi, Stefan K ^a,b,g   Cole, Katie J ^c   Nusselder, Wilma J ^a   Smit, H A ^d   Baili, Paolo ^e   Bennett, Kathleen ^f   Pomerleau, Joceline ^c   McKee, Martin ^c   Charlesworth, Kate ^c   Kulik, Margarete C ^a,b   MacKenbach, Johan P ^a   Boshuizen, Hendriek ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; European Union; Taxes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PRICE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866008317     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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