Postulation is no substitute for evidence: A rejoinder to Shepherd & Page

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1584-1585

  Weatherburn, Don ^a   Menéndez, Patricia ^a   Tusell, Fernando ^b  

^a NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparison site; Liquor licensing; Unem ployment alcohol consumption

Indexed keywords

DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS;

EID: 84941129939     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13049     Document Type: Note

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