Why are we not doing more for alcohol use disorder among conflict-affected populations?

Addiction

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 889-890

  Roberts, Bayard ^a   Ezard, Nadine ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Armed conflict; Humanitarian; Mental health; Non communicable diseases; Refugees; Substance abuse; War

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAR EXPOSURE;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; WAR EXPOSURE;

EID: 84929132416     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12869     Document Type: Editorial

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