Alcohol: Its health and social impact in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-99

  Das, Subir Kumar ^a   Balakrishnan, V ^a   Vasudevan, D M ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 33646847326     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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