International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 240-243 , May 2010

Differences in alcohol-related mortality between foreign-born and native-born Spaniards

  • Inmaculada Fierro

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Alcohol and Drug Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
    • ,
  • José Luis Yáñez

      Affiliations

    • Servicio Territorial de Sanidad y Bienestar Social, Sección de Epidemiología, Junta de Castilla y León, Burgos, Spain
    • ,
  • F. Javier Álvarez

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Alcohol and Drug Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 983 423077; fax: +34 983 423022.

Received 14 January 2009 ,Revised 13 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 August 2009.

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PII: S0955-3959(09)00117-0

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.08.006

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 240-243 , May 2010

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