The Supplementation of Alcoholic Beverages with Thiamine—A Necessary Preventive Measure in Queensland?
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 13 (4), 315-320
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00048677909159153
Abstract
The large and increasing number of cases of Korsakoff's psychosis in a Queensland mental hospital prompts an examination of the theoretical and practical issues concerning the supplementation of alcoholic beverages with thiamine. It is concluded that supplementation of alcoholic beverages in Queensland with thiamine (and in particular with one of the allithiamines) warrants urgent and unprejudiced consideration.Keywords
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