India: Alcohol and public health

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1051-1056

  Benegal, Vivek ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 23644459307     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01176.x     Document Type: Review

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