Intake of energy drinks in association with alcoholic beverages in a cohort of students of the school of medicine of the university of Messina

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1677-1680

  Oteri, Alessandro ^a   Salvo, Francesco ^a   Caputi, Achille Patrizio ^a,b   Calapai, Gioacchino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b IRCSS Bonino Pulejo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Caffeine; Cocktails; Energy Drinks; Students; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONOLACTONE; INOSITOL; NICOTINIC ACID; TAURINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TAURINE;

EID: 34548561819     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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