A comparison of estimates of the prevalence of heavy drinkers in local regions of Queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-510

  Crook, Gabrielle M ^a   West, Mark E ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^b,c  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Toowong Private Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Estimates; Population survey; Prevalence; Problem drinkers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031873727     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679809068324     Document Type: Article

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