Treating grouped data as continuous in alcohol consumption measures

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 667-672

  De Burgh, Simon ^a,c   Berry, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; TECHNIQUE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031009326     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02926.x     Document Type: Review

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