Government support for alcohol industry: Promoting exports, jeopardising global health?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Collin, Jeff ^a   Johnson, Emma ^b   Hill, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INDUSTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPORTATION; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENT; MARKETING; NOTE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84902142930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g3648     Document Type: Note

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