Diverging trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-373

  Livingston, Michael ^a   Matthews, Sharon ^a   Barratt, Monica J ^a,b   Lloyd, Belinda ^a   Room, Robin ^c  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol intoxication; Emergency medicine; Trends; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VICTORIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77956013678     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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