How much did you actually drink last night? An evaluation of standard drink labels as an aid to monitoring personal consumption

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-169

  Osiowy, Montana ^a   Stockwell, Tim ^a   Zhao, Jinhui ^a   Thompson, Kara ^a   Moore, Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Canada's low risk drinking guidelines; Labelling; Standard drink

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924975160     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2014.955480     Document Type: Article

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