Age at onset of alcohol use and alcohol use disorder: Time-trend study in patients seeking de-addiction services in Kerala

Background: Declining age at onset of alcohol consumption over years has been one of the alarming findings in the epidemiology of alcoholism. The study was done to examine whether there was a decline in the age at onset of alcohol use and use disorder in subjects categorized as birth cohorts over th...

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Main Authors: Unnikrishnan Reghukumaran Nair, K Vidhukumar, Anil Prabhakaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2016;volume=38;issue=4;spage=315;epage=319;aulast=Nair