Alcohol disorder amongst forcibly displaced persons in northern Uganda

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 870-873

  Roberts, Bayard ^a   Felix Ocaka, Kaducu ^b   Browne, John ^c   Oyok, Thomas ^b   Sondorp, Egbert ^a  

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

^b GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Risk factors; Uganda; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955723531     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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