Binge drinking: A confused concept and its contemporary history

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 597-607

  Berridge, Virginia ^a   Herring, Rachel ^b   Thom, Betsy ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; Binge drinking; Contemporary history; Science and policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649105121     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkp053     Document Type: Article

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