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AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF ALCOHOLISM

The study was aimed to assess the prevalence of alcoholism in Madras City. A locality in North Madras was chosen and the houses were selected at random. The family members in these houses were assessed using the Michigan Alcoholism Screening test. 222 persons were thus studied. 16.67 of the males we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ponnudrai, R., Jayakar, J., Raju, B., Pattamuthu, R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1991
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2988304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21927497
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Sumario:The study was aimed to assess the prevalence of alcoholism in Madras City. A locality in North Madras was chosen and the houses were selected at random. The family members in these houses were assessed using the Michigan Alcoholism Screening test. 222 persons were thus studied. 16.67 of the males were found to be suffering from alcoholism.