Pattern of alcohol consumption among commercial road transport workers in a semi-urban community in South Western Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 494-499

  Abiona, T C ^a   Aloba, O O ^b   Fatoye, F O ^b  

^a Department of Community Health ^*

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34249853589     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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