Cultural specificity in alcohol use disorders

The Lancet

Volumn 399, Issue 10327, 2022, Pages e7-e8

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Room, Robin ^d,e,f  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Centre for Alcohol Policy Research Turning Point   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEAVY DRINKING; HUMAN; ITALY; LATVIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS;

EID: 85125008178     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00123-3     Document Type: Note

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