Action is required to reduce kava supply in Arnhem Land... again! [3]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-92

  Clough, Alan R ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a,d   Yunupingu, Maymuna W ^b   Conigrave, Katherine M ^c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAVA EXTRACT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; LICENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MELIOIDOSIS; POWDER; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 31744451579     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00130.x     Document Type: Letter

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