The quality of alcohol products in Vetnam and its implications for public health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2090-2101

  Lachenmeier, Dirk W ^a   Anh, Pham Thi Hoang ^b   Popova, Svetlana ^c,d   Rehm, Jürgen ^c,d,e  

^a Chemisches und Veterinaruntersuchungsamt CVUA Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^b HealthBridge Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol poisoning; Alcoholic beverages; Product quality; Traditional Chinese medicine; Unrecorded alcohol; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANOL; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; CAPRYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CHLORIDE ION; ESTER; HEXANOL; ISOBUTANOL; LACTIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; METHANOL; NITRATE; OCTANOIC ACID; PENTANOL; PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; PHOSPHATE; PROPANOL; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORPION; SNAKE; VIET NAM;

SCORPIONES; SERPENTES;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; VIETNAM;

EID: 69549092411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6082090     Document Type: Article

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