Multinational alcohol market development and public health: Diageo in India

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2220-2227

  Esser, Marissa B ^a   Jernigan, David H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MARKETING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84943803731     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302831     Document Type: Article

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