منابع مشابه
Alcohol Policies in Africa
This paper reviews studies of the patterns of alcohol use and consumption in Africa. It highlights the findings that alcohol consumption has currently been on the increase with the underage and young persons (ages 10 to 25 years) of both sexes predominating. It was also noted that marketing played a critical role in the globalization of patterns of alcohol use among young people with the produc...
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Economic research has contributed to the evaluation of alcohol policy through empirical analysis of the effects of alcohol-control measures on alcohol consumption and its consequences. It has also provided an accounting framework for defining and comparing costs and benefits of alcohol consumption and related policy interventions, including excise taxes. The most important finding from the econ...
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This is the summary of a meeting where a group of experts, representing several health organizations and academic departments from different parts of Brazil, created a consensus about the main alcohol policies which should be implemented by different levels of the Brazilian government. The World Health Organization has been suggesting for 30 years the actions that should be implemented for the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08x302727