I drink, therefore I am: Alcohol and creativity

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 646-648

  Beveridge, Allan ^a   Yorston, Graeme ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ART; CREATIVITY; DRUNKENNESS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RELIGION; SENSIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033395154     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689909201213     Document Type: Short Survey

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