Introduction to special issue 'Gender, culture and alcohol problems: A multi-national study'

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Bloomfield, Kim ^a,b   Gmel, Gerhard ^c,d   Wilsnack, Sharon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33749595563     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl070     Document Type: Article

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