Maximum quantity consumed and alcohol-related problems: Assessing the most alcohol drunk with two measures

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1576-1582

  Greenfield, Thomas K ^a,c   Nayak, Madhabika B ^c   Bond, Jason ^c   Ye, Yu ^c   Midanik, Lorraine T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Heavy Drinking; Maximum Quantity; Measurement; Self Report

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL ALCOHOL SURVEY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747651611     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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