Alcohol Outlet Densities and Alcohol Price: The British Columbia Experiment in the Partial Privatization of Alcohol Sales Off-Premise

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 854-859

  Treno, Andrew J ^a   Ponicki, William R ^a   Stockwell, Tim ^b   Macdonald, Scott ^b   Gruenewald, Paul J ^a   Zhao, Jinhui ^b   Martin, Gina ^b   Greer, Alissa ^b,c  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol Outlet Densities; Alcohol Outlet Privatization; Alcohol Policy; Alcohol Price

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; MARKETING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMERCE; HUMANS; MARKETING; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESTAURANTS; TAXES;

EID: 84876816147     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12065     Document Type: Article

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