An empirical evaluation of the US beer institute's self-regulation code governing the content of beer advertising

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Babor, Thomas F ^a   Xuan, Ziming ^b   Damon, Donna ^a   Noel, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BEER; DELPHI STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884140205     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301487     Document Type: Article

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