Role of socioeconomic markers and state prohibition policy in predicting alcohol consumption among men and women in India: A multilevel statistical analysis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 829-836

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Nandy, Shailen ^b   Irving, Michelle ^b   Gordon, David ^b   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking epidemiology legislation; Education; Living conditions; Models, Statistical, India; Public policy; Sex factors; Social class; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GENDER RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODEL; POLICY; PREDICTION; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 27744607884     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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