Changes in alcohol consumption following a reduction in the price of spirits: a natural experiment in Switzerland.
AIMS: To discover what changes in alcohol consumption had occurred in subgroups defined by age, sex, volume of drinking and drinking occasions, following a reduction in the price of spirits in Switzerland in July 1999. DESIGN: Quasi-experimental. Longitudinal general-population survey with baseline...
| Publicado en: | Addiction Vol. 98; no. 10; pp. 1433 - 1447 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2003
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