Assessing alcohol consumption: Beverage-specific versus grouped- beverage questions

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-102

  Serdula, Mary K ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^a   Byers, Tim ^a,b   Siegel, Paul Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032893595     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.99     Document Type: Article

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