Developments in alcohol consumption in reunited Germany

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1770-1778

  Bloomfield, Kim ^a,b   Grittner, Ulrike ^b   Kramer, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Gender differences; Germany; Social change; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEVERAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 28844465504     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01250.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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