Spreading out or conscetrating weekly consumption: Alcohol problems and other consequences within a UK population sample

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 461-468

  Miller, Patrick ^a   Plant, Moira ^a   Plant, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 24044435908     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh169     Document Type: Article

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