UK alcohol industry's "billion units pledge": Interim evaluation flawed

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Holmes, John ^a   Angus, Colin ^a   Meier, Petra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MARKETING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84926347815     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1301     Document Type: Article

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