Illegally produced alcohol

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7846, 2012, Pages

  McKee, Martin ^a   Adany, Roza ^b   Leon, David A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; ETHER; FORMIC ACID; METHANOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CRIME; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM; ALCOHOLISM; FOOD INDUSTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ETHANOL; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 84857846089     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1146     Document Type: Editorial

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