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American Indians and Alcohol
The high prevalence of alcohol use and its consequences among American Indians may be attributed to a number of factors, including the influence of the European colonists who first made large amounts of alcohol available to Indians, as well as current social and cultural factors. Efforts to prevent...
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
1998
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15706751 |
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description | The high prevalence of alcohol use and its consequences among American Indians may be attributed to a number of factors, including the influence of the European colonists who first made large amounts of alcohol available to Indians, as well as current social and cultural factors. Efforts to prevent and treat alcohol problems among the American Indian population may be more effective if native beliefs and approaches are incorporated. Alcohol problems also may be prevented through policies regulating the sale and use of alcohol in Indian communities. |
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spelling | pubmed-67618872019-10-02 American Indians and Alcohol Beauvais, Fred Alcohol Health Res World Spotlight on Special Populations The high prevalence of alcohol use and its consequences among American Indians may be attributed to a number of factors, including the influence of the European colonists who first made large amounts of alcohol available to Indians, as well as current social and cultural factors. Efforts to prevent and treat alcohol problems among the American Indian population may be more effective if native beliefs and approaches are incorporated. Alcohol problems also may be prevented through policies regulating the sale and use of alcohol in Indian communities. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC6761887/ /pubmed/15706751 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Unless otherwise noted in the text, all material appearing in this journal is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Citation of the source is appreciated. |
spellingShingle | Spotlight on Special Populations Beauvais, Fred American Indians and Alcohol |
title | American Indians and Alcohol |
title_full | American Indians and Alcohol |
title_fullStr | American Indians and Alcohol |
title_full_unstemmed | American Indians and Alcohol |
title_short | American Indians and Alcohol |
title_sort | american indians and alcohol |
topic | Spotlight on Special Populations |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761887/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15706751 |
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