Alcohol policy impact on young risky drinkers and their support for proposed measures

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-134

  Lam, Tina ^a   Lenton, Simon R ^a   Burns, Lucinda ^b   Aiken, Alexandra ^b   Ogeil, Rowan ^c,d   Gilmore, William T ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya N ^a   Lloyd, Belinda ^c,d   Lubman, Dan I ^c,d   Mattick, Richard ^b   Allsop, Steve J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d EASTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcohol availability; alcohol policy; risky single occasion drinking; young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUSTRALIA; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUSTRALIA; BINGE DRINKING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961339314     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12326     Document Type: Article

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