Drinking histories of self-identified lifetime abstainers and occasional drinkers: Findings from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 650-654

  Caldwell, Tanya M ^a   Rodgers, B ^a   Power, C ^b   Clark, C ^c   Stansfeld, S A ^c  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF EFFICACY; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 33751015452     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl088     Document Type: Article

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