White cider consumption and heavy drinkers: A low-cost option but an unknown price

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 675-680

  Black, Heather ^a   Michalova, Lucie ^a   Gill, Jan ^a   Rees, Cheryl ^a   Chick, Jonathan ^a   O'May, Fiona ^a   Rush, Robert ^a   McPake, Barbara ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL RELATED PROBLEMS QUESTIONNAIRE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CIDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SCOTLAND; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WHITE CIDER; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84933503299     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu068     Document Type: Article

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