Regulation and the prevention agenda

Magnusson, Roger S; Reeve, Belinda H

doi:10.5694/mja13.10843

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Laws should scaffold food and alcohol industry self-regulation to improve unhealthy environments and prevent disease

Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: roger.magnusson@sydney.edu.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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