The economic downturn probably reduced violence far more than licensing restrictions

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1583-1584

  Shepherd, Jonathan ^a   Page, Nicholas ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Economics; Legislation; Licensing; New South Wales; Violence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LICENSING; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; LICENSURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84941070370     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13023     Document Type: Note

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