Who drinks most of the alcohol in the U.S.? The policy implications

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-89

  Greenfield, Thomas K ^a   Rogers, John D ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032918674     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.78     Document Type: Article

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