Alcohol consumption and intoxication among people involved in police-recorded incidents of violence and disorder in non-metropolitan New South Wales

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-40

  Rowe, Shelley ^a   Wiggers, John ^a   Kingsland, Melanie ^a   Nicholas, Craig ^b   Wolfenden, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Crime; Disorder; Non metropolitan; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84859153519     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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