'Something's brewing': The changing trends in alcohol coverage in Australian newspapers 2000-2011

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 336-342

  Azar, Denise ^a   White, Victoria ^a   Bland, Stephanie ^b   Livingston, Michael ^c,d   Room, Robin ^c,d   Chikritzhs, Tanya ^e   Durkin, Sarah ^a   Gilmore, William ^e   Wakefield, Melanie ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREWING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXAMINATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84899819787     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt139     Document Type: Article

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