Deconstructing the Alcohol Harm Paradox: A population based survey of adults in England

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Beard, Emma ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   West, Robert ^a   Angus, Colin ^b   Brennan, Alan ^b   Holmes, John ^b   Kaner, Eileen ^c   Meier, Petra ^b   Michie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENGLAND; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84991660732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160666     Document Type: Article

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