Japan: Alcohol today

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1849-1862

  Higuchi, Susumu ^a   Matsushita, Sachio ^a   Maesato, Hitoshi ^a   Osaki, Yoneatsu ^b  

^a KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol availability; Alcohol consumption; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol policy; Alcohol production; Health problems; Japan; Prevention programme; Price; Social problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 36348957189     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01902.x     Document Type: Article

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