Average weekly alcohol consumption: Drinking percentiles for American college students

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 201-204

  Meilman, Philip W ^a,b   Presley, Cheryl A ^b   Cashin, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College students; Drinking; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030892195     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.1997.9936885     Document Type: Article

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