Alcohol industry involvement in policymaking: a systematic review

Addiction

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1571-1584

  McCambridge, Jim ^a   Mialon, Melissa ^a   Hawkins, Ben ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Alcohol; alcohol industry; alcohol policy; corporate; framing; policy making; policy process

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046089881     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.14216     Document Type: Review

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