Consumption and impacts of local brewed alcohol (akpeteshie) in the Upper West Region of Ghana: A public health tragedy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1747-1760

  Luginaah, Isaac ^a   Dakubo, Crescentia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Akpeteshie; Alcohol consumption; Ghana; Health impacts; Upper west region

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GHANA; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL LEARNING; WELLBEING;

GHANA;

EID: 0042926603     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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