Per capita alcohol consumption in Australia: Will the real trend please step forward?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 594-597

  Chikritzhs, Tanya N ^a   Allsop, Steve J ^a   Moodie, A Rob ^b   Hall, Wayne D ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; TREND STUDY; WINE;

EID: 78249242689     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04069.x     Document Type: Article

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