Measuring public opinion on alcohol policy: A factor analytic study of a US probability sample

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-313

  Latimer, William W ^a   Harwood, Eileen M ^b   Newcomb, Michael D ^c   Wagenaar, Alexander C ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol; Multiple group factor analysis; Policy; Underage drinking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC OPINION; SAMPLE; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037359544     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(01)00223-4     Document Type: Article

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