The economic costs of alcohol abuse in Ontario

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-249

  Xie, Xiaodi ^a   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b   Single, Eric ^c   Robson, Lynda ^d   Paul, Josh ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Canada; Cost of illness; Economic cost; Ontario

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY;

EID: 0032031163     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1998.0293     Document Type: Article

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