Alcohol warning labels: Unlikely to affect alcoholrelated beliefs and behaviours in adolescents

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 524-529

  Scholes Balog, Kirsty E ^a   Heerde, Jessica A ^a   Hemphill, Sheryl A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Review; Risks; Warning label

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PACKAGING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PRODUCT LABELING;

EID: 84871786903     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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