Alcohol and non-communicable diseases (NCDs): Time for a serious international public health effort

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1547-1548

  Room, Robin ^a,b,c,d,e   Rehm, Jürgen ^e,f   Parry, Charles ^g,h,i  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁱ Global Alcohol Policy Alliance   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol policy; International control; Non communicable disease (NCD); Risk factor

Indexed keywords

DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NOTE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE;

EID: 79961117010     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03549.x     Document Type: Editorial

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