Changes in prices after an excise tax to sweetened sugar beverages was implemented in Mexico: Evidence from Urban Areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Arantxa Colchero, M ^a   Salgado, Juan Carlos ^a   Unar Munguía, Mishel ^a   Molina, Mariana ^a   Ng, Shuwen ^b   Rivera Dommarco, Juan Angel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FOOD INTAKE; MARKETING; MEXICO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEETENED SUGAR BEVERAGE; TAX; URBAN AREA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; SUGAR INTAKE;

SUGAR INTAKE; SWEETENING AGENT;

BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; DIETARY SUCROSE; MEXICO; SWEETENING AGENTS; TAXES;

EID: 84956514052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144408     Document Type: Article

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