Minimum alcohol prices and outlet densities in British Columbia, Canada: Estimated impacts on alcohol-attributable hospital admissions

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2014-2020

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882807952     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301289     Document Type: Article

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