Moderate drinking before the unit: Medicine and life assurance in Britain and the US c.1860-1930

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-117

  Kneale, James ^a   French, Shaun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Harm reduction; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927650766     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2014.964185     Document Type: Review

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