Assessment methods for alcohol consumption, prevalence of high risk drinking and harm: A sensitivity analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-224

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Greenfield, Thomas K ^d   Walsh, Gordon ^a   Xie, Xiaodi ^a   Robson, Lynda ^e   Single, Eric ^b,f  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^f Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Assessment; High risk drinking; Morbidity; Mortality; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0032890709     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.2.219     Document Type: Article

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