Excessive alcohol use by non-elite sportsmen

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-205

  Black, Deborah ^a   Lawson, James ^a   Fleishman, Sandra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Health Department

Author keywords

Alcohol; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033463326     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239996644     Document Type: Article

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