Changes in binge drinking and related problems among American college students between 1993 and 1997 results of the harvard school of public health college alcohol study

Journal of the American College Health Association

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 57-68

  Wechsler, Henry ^a   Dowdall, George W ^b   Maenner, Gretchen ^b   Gledhill Hoyt, Jeana ^b   Lee, Hang ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and other substance use; Binging; College students; Correlates of use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031738872     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448489809595621     Document Type: Article

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