Socio-demographic characteristics of alcohol abusers in a rural Ijaw community in Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Brisibe, Seiyefa ^a   Ordinioha, Best ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; AUDIT questionnaire; Ijaw; Nigeria; rural community

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST QUESTIONNAIRE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND TREMOR; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PERIORAL TREMOR; POLYGAMY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; WINE INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959935300     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.82066     Document Type: Article

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