Magnitude of alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among U.S. college students ages 18-24: Changes from 1998 to 2001

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue , 2005, Pages 259-279

  Hingson, Ralph ^a   Heeren, Timothy ^a   Winter, Michael ^a   Wechsler, Henry ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Enforcement; Injury; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ASSAULT; COLLEGE STUDENT; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 17444405884     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.26.021304.144652     Document Type: Review

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