Misleading UK alcohol industry criticism of Canadian research on minimum pricing

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1172-1173

  Stockwell, Tim ^a   Zhao, Jinhui ^a   Martin, Gina ^a   Macdonald, Scott ^a   Vallance, Kate ^a   Treno, Andrew ^b   Ponicki, William ^b   Tu, Andrew ^c   Buxton, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84877686224     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12178     Document Type: Letter

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