Alcohol
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 69-75 , January 2004

Directions for unraveling the issue of alcohol and health disparities: findings from the Postmenopausal Health Disparities Study

Received 12 September 2003 ,Revised 28 October 2003 ,Accepted 21 November 2003.

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