Irish descent, religion, and alcohol and tobacco use

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-254

  Mullen, Kenneth ^a,b   Williams, Rory ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MALE; MIGRATION; RELIGION; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030067206     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb03185.x     Document Type: Article

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