Prevalence of and risk factors associated with alcohol abuse in Moshi, northern Tanzania

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-399

  Mitsunaga, Tisha ^a   Larsen, Ulla ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 40949149022     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007002441     Document Type: Article

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