Alcohol consumption of Australian women: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 525-535

  Clemens, Susan L ^a,c   Matthews, Sharon L ^a   Young, Anne F ^b   Powers, Jennifer R ^b  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cohort; Longitudinal; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUSTRALIA; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547950778     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230701499142     Document Type: Article

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