Drinking and displacement: A systematic review of the influence of forced displacement on harmful alcohol use

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2340-2355

  Weaver, Heather ^a   Roberts, Bayard ^b  

^a Freelance   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

addiction; alcohol; internally displaced persons; refugees; war

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

ALCOHOLISM; COERCION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 78049497362     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003793920     Document Type: Article

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