Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages: Results from a 2011 national public opinion survey

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-163

  Barry, Colleen L ^a   Niederdeppe, Jeff ^b   Gollust, Sarah E ^c  

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

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BUDGET; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SUGAR SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEVERAGES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SWEETENING AGENTS; TAXES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872462708     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.09.065     Document Type: Article

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