Reassessing policy paradigms: A comparison of the global tobacco and alcohol industries

Global Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-19

  Hawkins, Benjamin ^a   Holden, Chris ^b   Eckhardt, Jappe ^b   Lee, Kelley ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; corporations; policy influence; political economy; tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MARKET; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT;

FOOD INDUSTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 84961392517     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2016.1161815     Document Type: Article

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