Alcohol and homicide in the United States: Is the link dependent on wetness?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 458-465

  Norström, Thor ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drinking pattern; Homicide; United States; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMERCE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052418749     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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