Alcohol and homicide in Europe

Handbook of European Homicide Research: Patterns, Explanations, and Country Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 231-245

  Bye, Elin K ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0466-8_14     Document Type: Chapter

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