The epidemiology of problem drinking in Butajira, Ethiopia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL.S397, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Alem, A ^a   Kebede, D ^b   Kullgren, G ^c  

^a Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethiopia; Mental distress

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; CHRISTIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER; INTERVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032601421     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10698.x     Document Type: Article

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