Representations of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in UK newspapers: A case study of a public health policy debate

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-49

  Patterson, Chris ^a   Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ^a   Wood, Karen ^a   Hilton, Shona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; content analysis; media; policy

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84924414767     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu078     Document Type: Article

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