Informal alcohol in Malawi: Stakeholder perceptions and policy recommendations

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-131

  Limaye, Rupali J ^a   Rutkow, Lainie ^a   Rimal, Rajiv N ^b   Jernigan, David H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Alcohol; informal; Malawi; policy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MARKETING; POLICY MAKING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84892586600     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2013.43     Document Type: Article

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