Using daily reports to measure drinking and drinking patterns

Journal of Substance Abuse

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 51-65

  Leigh, Barbara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Daily reports; Diaries; Logs; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONICS; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034569777     PISSN: 08993289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3289(00)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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