Alcohol tax, consumption and mortality in tsarist Russia: Is a public health perspective applicable?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 340-344

  Norström, Thor ^a   Stickley, Andrew ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAX; ARTICLE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; COMMERCE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RUSSIA; TAXES;

EID: 84876000898     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks079     Document Type: Article

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