Factors associated with heavy alcohol consumption in the U.K. armed forces: Data from a health survey of Gulf, Bosnia, and era veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 956-961

  Iversen, Amy ^a   Waterdrinker, Astrid ^b   Fear, Nicola ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a   Barker, Christopher ^c   Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c British Forces Germany Health Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY INTERVENTION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SINGLE MAN; SMOKING; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 34548733728     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.9.956     Document Type: Article

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