Effects of the heavy usage of kava on physical health: summary of a pilot survey in an Aboriginal community
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 148 (11) , 548-555
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb93809.x
Abstract
Health status was assessed in 39 kava users and 34 non‐users in a coastal Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. Twenty (27%) respondents were very heavy (mean consumption, 440 g/week) users o...This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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