Can harms associated with high-intensity drinking be reduced by increasing the price of alcohol?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-30

  Byrnes, Joshua ^a   Shakeshaft, Anthony ^b   Petrie, Dennis ^c   Doran, Christopher ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Australia; Policy; Tax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84872281924     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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