Measuring average alcohol consumption: The impact of including binge drinks in quantity-frequency calculations

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1711-1718

  Stahre, Mandy ^a,b   Naimi, Timothy ^a   Brewer, Robert ^a   Holt, James ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Binge drinking; Indexing; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33845420432     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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