Reduction in alcohol consumption and health status

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Liang, Wenbin ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Australia; Chronic disease; Epidemiology; General population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649988860     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03164.x     Document Type: Article

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