Impact of the Berkeley excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1865-1871

  Falbe, Jennifer ^a   Thompson, Hannah R ^a   Becker, Christina M ^a   Rojas, Nadia ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^b   Madsen, Kristine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGE; TAX; ADULT; BEVERAGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUGAR INTAKE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

SUGAR INTAKE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUCROSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEETENING AGENTS; TAXES;

EID: 84987962219     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303362     Document Type: Article

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