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The avoidable costs of alcohol abuse in Australia and the potential benefits of effective policies to reduce the social costs of alcohol

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This monograph estimates the proportion of Australian social costs of alcohol abuse which are potentially avoidable as a result of implementing appropriate public policy interventions, and the values of the potential benefits of the identified interventions.

Report prepared by David J. Collins, Macquarie University and Helen M. Lapsley, University of Queensland and University of New South Wales for the Department of Health and Ageing
2008

The avoidable costs of alcohol abuse in Australia and the potential benefits of effective policies to reduce the social costs of alcohol (PDF 263 KB)

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