The firewater myth and response to alcohol in Mission Indians

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 983-988

  Garcia Andrade, Consuelo ^b   Wall, Tamara L ^b   Ehlers, Cindy L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030919169     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.7.983     Document Type: Article

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