The World Health Organization's global monitoring system on alcohol and health

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 244-249

  Poznyak, Vladimir ^a   Fleischmann, Alexandra ^a   Rekve, Dag ^a   Rylett, Margaret ^b   Rehm, Jürgen ^b,c,d   Gmel, Gerhard ^e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84894075369     PISSN: 21683492     EISSN: 21694796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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