Associations between alcohol related hospital admissions and alcohol consumption in Victoria: Influence of socio-demographic factors

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 272-279

  Jonas, Helen ^a   Dietze, Paul ^b   Rumbold, Greg ^b   Hanlin, Kirsten ^b   Cvetkovski, Stefan ^b   Laslett, Anne Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033057464     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01255.x     Document Type: Article

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