Natural disasters and alcohol consumption in a cultural context: The Great Hanshin Earthquake in Japan

Addiction

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-536

  Shimizu, Shinji ^a   Aso, Katsuro ^b   Noda, Tetsuro ^b   Ryukei, So ^b   Kochi, Yoshiro ^b   Yamamoto, Noriya ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; STRESS;

EID: 0034051190     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2000.9545295.x     Document Type: Article

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