How should prevalence of alcohol use disorders be assessed globally?

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 79-85

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; CIDI; Cultural specificity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALCOHOLISM; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84964660291     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: 15570657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1508     Document Type: Article

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