Alcohol use by young people from different ethnic groups: Consumption, intoxication and negative consequences

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-187

  Stillwell, Garry ^a   Boys, Annabel ^b   Marsden, John ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alcohol; Alcohol Problems; Binge Drinking; Ethnicity; Gender; Intoxication

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHNICITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONDON; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; WEST INDIES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142514164     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785042000222879     Document Type: Article

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