Alcohol control policies in 46 African countries: Opportunities for improvement

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 470-476

  Ferreira Borges, Carina ^a   Esser, Marissa B ^b   Dias, Sónia ^a   Babor, Thomas ^c   Parry, Charles D H ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAPACITY BUILDING; DRUNKEN DRIVING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LICENSING; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TAX; TRAINING; VALIDITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMERCE; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MARKETING;

EID: 84937396239     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agv036     Document Type: Article

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