Estimated alcohol consumption in the 1995 National Health Survey: Some methodological issues

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Donath, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; RECALL;

EID: 0032815678     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01222.x     Document Type: Article

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