Economic and demographic determinants of canadian households’ use of and spending on alcohol

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-90

  Abdel Ghany, Mohamed ^a   Silver, J Lew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 1842727006     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X980271003     Document Type: Article

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