Diageo's 'stop out of control drinking' campaign in Ireland: An analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Petticrew, Mark ^a   Fitzgerald, Niamh ^b   Durand, Mary Alison ^a   Knai, Cécile ^a   Davoren, Martin ^c   Perry, Ivan ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IRELAND; IRISH (CITIZEN); PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOLOGY; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNDERAGE DRINKING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; IRELAND; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84992426931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160379     Document Type: Article

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