Quantifying Alcohol-Related Mortality: Should Alcohol-Related Contributory Causes of Death be Included?
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcohol and Alcoholism
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0735-0414,1464-3502
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq025