Solitary drinking: A risk factor for alcohol-related problems?

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-312

  Bourgault, Chantal ^a,c   Demers, Andrée ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CANADA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TELEPHONE; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 0030986921     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03200.x     Document Type: Article

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