Australian alcohol policy 2001-2013 and implications for public health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Howard, Steven J ^a   Gordon, Ross ^b   Jones, Sandra C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Australia; Legislation; Policy; Public health

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84908555251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-848     Document Type: Article

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