@article{ref1,
title="The fate of drinkers: a six-year follow-up study of a community survey",
journal="South African medical journal SAMJ",
year="1977",
author="Gillis, L. S. and Stone, G. L.",
volume="51",
number="22",
pages="789-791",
abstract="A study of the drinking habits of Coloured adults in 1963, and of a sample of the same population 6 years later, showed that drinking patterns had remained remarkably stable. Excessive drinkers tended to retain their drinking pattern. Very few ceased drinking on their own account and a negligible proportion came forward for treatment. Social drinkers and abstainers also tended to maintain their patterns of drinking--only a few became excessive drinkers. The mean age of excessive drinkers was lower than that of the social drinkers and abstainers. There was much less excessive drinking among women.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-2469",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}