Temporal changes in geographical disparities in alcohol-attributed disease mortality before and after implementation of the alcohol tax policy in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Chih Ming ^a   Wen, Tzai Hung ^b  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol taxation; Alcohol attributed disease; Mortality; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TAX;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TAXES;

EID: 84867630018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-889     Document Type: Article

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