Merging alcohol giants threaten global health Alcohol has comparable health risks to tobacco but none of its pariah status

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Collin, Jeff ^a   Hill, Sarah E ^a   Smith, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84952838104     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h6087     Document Type: Editorial

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