Australia and alcohol: Living down the legend

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 891-896

  Midford, Richard ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; REVIEW; TAX;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; HUMANS;

EID: 21244478163     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01155.x     Document Type: Review

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