TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - The fate of drinkers: a six-year follow-up study of a community survey
JO  - South African medical journal SAMJ
A1  - Gillis, L. S.
A1  - Stone, G. L.
SP  - 789
EP  - 791
VL  - 51
IS  - 22
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0038-2469
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -