More than 70% of alcohol is consumed by 10% of the population in the United States. Implicit in this statistic is that tremendous variation in the pattern of drinking (quantity, frequency, and duration) exists among alcohol consumers. Individuals who are binge or chronic drinkers will have different
The 40th anniversary of the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse: The impact on liver disease
β Scribed by Gyongyi Szabo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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