Effects of moderate doses of alcohol on immediate recall of numbers: Some implications for information technology

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 873-878

  Nordby, Knut ^a   Watten, Reidulf G ^a,b   Raanaas, Ruth Kjaersti ^a,c   Magnussen, Svein ^a,c  

^a TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032699512     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.873     Document Type: Article

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