Alcohol misuse is rare among Hong Kong medical students

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 685-688

  Rotheray, Kathleen R ^a   Cattermole, Giles N ^a   Liow, Elizabeth C H ^b   Machin, Peggy ^c   Graham, Colin A ^a   Rainer, Timothy H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; AUDIT; Hong Kong; Medical student

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255137126     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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