Public health consequences of the J-curve hypothesis of alcohol problems

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-337

  Skog, Ole Jørgen ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029975087     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb02283.x     Document Type: Review

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