High prevalence, persistent hazardous drinking among New Zealand tertiary students

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 457-464

  Kypri, Kypros ^a,b   Langley, John D ^a   McGee, Rob ^a   Saunders, John B ^b   Williams, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING;

CANNABIS;

EID: 0036741210     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/37.5.457     Document Type: Article

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