Alcohol and non-communicable diseases-cancer, heart disease and more

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Room, Robin ^a,b,c   Rehm, Jürgen ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol policy; Cancer; Global NCD alliance; International Agency for Research on Cancer; Non communicable diseases; Public information; United Nations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; EDITORIAL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 78650033295     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03223.x     Document Type: Editorial

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