Alcohol as evil Temperance and policy

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-382

  Peele, Stanton ^a  

^a St Gregory Retreat Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol policy; Alcoholism; Conflict of interest; Controlled drinking; Drinking problems; Mediterranean drinking; Natural recovery; Nordic drinking; Temperance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954561160     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2010.487953     Document Type: Article

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