Nigeria: Alcohol and society today

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 519-522

  Obot, Isidore S ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LIFESTYLE; NIGERIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; NIGERIA; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 33947159199     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01619.x     Document Type: Review

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