State Panel Estimates of the Effects of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age on Alcohol Consumption for 1950 to 2002

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Subbaraman, Meenakshi S ^a   Kerr, William C ^b  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate consumption; Minimum legal drinking age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872489005     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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