Commentary on Norstrom & Svensson (2014) and Rossow et al. (2014): understanding how population-level alcohol consumption changes.

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Published in Addiction on September 01, 2014

Authors

Michael Livingston1, Robin Room

Author Affiliations

1: Drug Policy Modelling Program, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. michaell@turningpoint.org.au.

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