More Canadian students drink but American students drink more: Comparing college alcohol use in two countries

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1583-1592

  Kuo, Meichun ^a   Adlaf, Edward M ^b,c   Lee, Hang ^d   Gliksman, Louis ^b,e   Demers, Andrée ^f   Wechsler, Henry ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; College; Cross national; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036909197     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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