Heavy alcohol consumptions and associated factors: A population-based study;Consumo abusivo de álcool e fatores associados: Estudo de base populacional

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 284-291

  Dias da Costa, Juvenal S ^a   Silveira, Mariângela F ^a   Gazalle, Fernando K ^a   Oliveira, Sandro S ^b   Hallal, Pedro C ^a   Menezes, Ana Maria B ^a   Gigante, Denise P ^a   Olinto, Maria T A ^c   Macedo, Silvia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cross sectional studies; Prevalence; Risk factors; Social problems; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; SAMPLING; URBAN AREA;

EID: 2942632818     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000200019     Document Type: Article

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