Aggregating dimensions of alcohol consumption to predict medical and social consequences

Journal of Substance Abuse

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 155-168

  Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d   Gmel, Gerhard ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Institut fur Sucht und Gesundheitsforschung Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Medical outcomes; Patterns of drinking; Social harm; Statistical modeling; Variability; Volume

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 0034569653     PISSN: 08993289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3289(00)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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