Alcohol Harm Reduction: Corporate Capture of a Key Concept

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  McCambridge, Jim ^a   Kypri, Kypros ^b   Drummond, Colin ^c   Strang, John ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION; ALCOHOL INDUSTRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GOVERNMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL CARE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHANOL; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84920973417     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001767     Document Type: Article

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