Drinking patterns and their gender differences in Europe

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Mäkelä, Pia ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^b,f   Grittner, Ulrike ^c   Kuendig, Hervé ^b   Kuntsche, Sandra ^b   Bloomfield, Kim ^c,d   Room, Robin ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASTE PREFERENCE; WINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33749635048     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl071     Document Type: Article

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