Harmful alcohol use in Goa, India, and its associations with violence: A study in primary care

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-137

  D'Costa, Gladstone ^a   Nazareth, Irwin ^b,c   Naik, Deepali ^a   Vaidya, Raj ^a   Levy, Gus ^b,c   Patel, Vikram ^d,e   King, Michael ^c  

^a Voluntary Health Association   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Sangath Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34347209083     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl103     Document Type: Article

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