Time for the middle aged to own up to the problem

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1501-1502

  Anderson, Peter ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Middle age; Policy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 68249135477     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02728.x     Document Type: Note

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