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A Better-Informed Public

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A unit of drink consists of half a pint of ordinary strength beer, or a glass of wine, or a single measure of spirits; each of which contains about 8 gm of alcohol — for a fuller definition see Introduction, page 2. These figures have been agreed by all bodies active in the field 1, 2, 3 and this is a great improvement on the previous situation, where different authorities quoted different guidelines.

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Kemm, J. (1991). A Better-Informed Public. In: Alcohol and the Public Health. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21280-4_5

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