Alcohol-a universal preventive agent? A critical analysis

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2051-2057

  Fekjær, Hans Olav ^a  

^a Actis   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Causallity; Confounders; Diseases; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; CAUSALLITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFOUNDERS; DISEASES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALCOHOL; CAUSALLITY; CONFOUNDERS; DISEASES; PREVENTION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 84887611546     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12104     Document Type: Article

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