Rational alcohol addiction: Evidence from the Russian longitudinal monitoring survey

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 893-914

  Baltagi, Badi H ^a   Geishecker, Ingo ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liquor consumption; Panel data; Rational addiction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANEL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RUSSIA;

EID: 33749048084     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1131     Document Type: Article

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