Alcohol use in South Asians in the UK

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7729, 2009, Pages 1043-

  Pannu, Gurprit ^a   Zaman, Shahid ^b   Bhala, Neeraj ^c   Zaman, Rashid ^d  

^a SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIA, WESTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 70449364791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4028     Document Type: Editorial

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