Alcoholic typology and season of birth

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Levine, Matthew E ^a   Wojcik, Barbara E ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ctr for Hlth Education and Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032922485     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v18n01_05     Document Type: Article

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