Consumption of Alcohol in the Far and Middle East
- 6 August 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 271 (6) , 297-301
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196408062710607
Abstract
PREVIOUS studies on alcoholism in Eastern Europe1 , 2 and the United States3 prompted a personal investigation of the use and nonuse of alcohol and alcoholism in a number of countries of the Far and Middle East in the hope that ideas for preventive approaches to alcoholism might result from such a study.JapanA country with a long history of isolation from the rest of the world, Japan before World War II sought simplicity, beauty and peace in quiet and complete control of feelings. Role models for men and women were clearly delineated. The day-to-day reality-oriented religion of Shintoism was successfully . . .Keywords
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- Alcoholism Problems and Programs in Hungary, Yugoslavia, Roumania and BulgariaNew England Journal of Medicine, 1962
- Alcoholism Problems and Programs in Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Soviet UnionNew England Journal of Medicine, 1961