Alcohol consumption among middle-aged and elderly men: A community study from Western India

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Gupta, Prakash C ^b   Saxena, Shekhar ^a   Pednekar, Mangesh S ^b   Maulik, Pallab K ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037676039     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg077     Document Type: Article

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