title: Characterization of the alcohol research literature.
abstract: Bibliometric analyses of the inernational, rapidly increasing and widely dispersed alcohol research literature show three major components: biomedical, biosocial, and psychosocial research; the biomedical component predominates.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005380:Financing, Government; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011584:Psychology; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012961:Sociology; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities