Associations between alcohol outlets and emergency department injury presentations: effects of distance from the central business district.

CONCLUSIONS: Associations between alcohol availability variables and injury differed by outlet type and distance from the CBD. IMPLICATIONS: These findings provide further evidence to support stronger controls on liquor licensing, and indicate the need for different controls according to the location and type of licence. PMID: 26713772 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26713772?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - December 29, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Hobday M, Meuleners L, Liang W, Gilmore W, Chikritzhs T Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research

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