Increasing alcohol restrictions and rates of serious injury in four remote Australian Indigenous communities.

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Published in Med J Aust on May 16, 2011

Authors

Stephen A Margolis1, Valmae A Ypinazar, Reinhold Muller, Alan Clough

Author Affiliations

1: Education and Research Unit, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section), Cairns, QLD. steve.133ATbigpond.com

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