Diverse alcohol drinking patterns in 20 African countries

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1147-1154

  Clausen, Thomas ^a,b   Rossow, Ingeborg ^c   Naidoo, Nirmala ^d   Kowal, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Africa; Alcohol; Diversity; Patterns

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749154814     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02559.x     Document Type: Article

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