Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access originally published online on November 14, 2007
Alcohol and Alcoholism 2008 43(1):118; doi:10.1093/alcalc/agm046
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Book Review
Adolescence and Alcohol: An International Perspective.
By Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick, and Leo Sher ; Isack Kandel, Joav Merrick, and Leo Sher. Adolescence and Alcohol: An International Perspective. Freund Publishing House Ltd, London and Tel Aviv. $59.00. 326 pgs. ISBN 965-294-147-6
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In the foreword of this text, two points are highlighted and used to exemplify the scale of the problems linked to the abuse of alcohol by adolescents; an estimated three million teenagers in the US have been ascribed the diagnosis of alcoholic while
Senior Lecturer in Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK