Health impact assessment of the UK soft drinks industry levy: a comparative risk assessment modelling study

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e15-e22

  Briggs, Adam D M ^a   Mytton, Oliver T ^b   Kehlbacher, Ariane ^c   Tiffin, Richard ^c   Elhussein, Ahmed ^a   Rayner, Mike ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^a   Blakely, Tony ^d   Scarborough, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COKE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFT DRINK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85019864269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(16)30037-8     Document Type: Article

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