Measuring women's alcohol consumption in an Australian inner-urban community using the AUDIT

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-388

  Banwell, Cathy ^a,b   O'Brien, Mary ^b,c   Hamilton, Margaret ^b,d   Attewell, Robyn ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Turning Point Alcohol Drug Ctr Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

AUDIT; Community based interventions; Drinking contexts; Women's alcohol consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033261972     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239996248     Document Type: Article

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