Mechanisms of influence: Alcohol industry submissions to the inquiry into fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 665-672

  Avery, Michelle Rose ^a   Droste, Nicolas ^a   Giorgi, Caterina ^b   Ferguson, Amy ^b   Martino, Florentine ^a   Coomber, Kerri ^a   Miller, Peter ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcohol drinking; alcoholism; binge drinking; fetal development

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LOBBYING; MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOBBYING; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84973341527     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12399     Document Type: Article

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