College students lack knowledge of standard drink volumes: Implications for definitions of risky drinking based on survey data

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 631-638

  White, Aaron M ^a,b   Kraus, Courtney L ^b   Flom, Julie D ^b   Kestenbaum, Lori A ^b   Mitchell, Jamie R ^b   Shah, Kunal ^b   Swartzwelder, H Scott ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge; College; Drinking; Standard Drink; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEER; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXAMINATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 17444390441     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000158836.77407.E6     Document Type: Review

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