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Editorial
. 2017 Dec;20(18):3219-3224.
doi: 10.1017/S1368980017003329.

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an update on the year that was 2017

Kathryn Backholer  1 , Miranda Blake  1 , Stefanie Vandevijvere  2
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Editorial

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an update on the year that was 2017

Kathryn Backholer et al. Public Health Nutr. 2017 Dec.
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Timeline of notable international progress of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxation, 2017–18 (VAT, Value Added Tax; ASB, artificially sweetened beverage)
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