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Friday, May 8, 2009

Diverse alcohol drinking patterns in 20 African countries
Addiction Published Online: 6 May 2009

African drinking patterns are diverse, and although life-time abstinence dominates in African countries, a single typical pattern of drinking for the African continent, such as the alleged 'all-or-none' pattern, was not observed.


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