Diazepam with your dinner, Sir? The lifestyle drug-substitution strategy: A radical alcohol policy

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 457-459

  Charlton, Bruce G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; DIAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG MISUSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; LAW; LIFESTYLE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 20444375458     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci067     Document Type: Article

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