Perceptions and actual levels of alcohol consumption amongst UK adults

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-321

  Buck, David ^a   Morgan, Antony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Alcohol consumption; Perceptions; Sensible limits; Units

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347658752     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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