The sales and marketing practices of English-language internet alcohol vendors

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 432-439

  Williams, Rebecca S ^a   Schmidt, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cigarettes; Internet; Policy; Tobacco; Youth access

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARKETING; PROCEDURES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MARKETING;

EID: 84893839446     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12411     Document Type: Article

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