Alcohol use among college students: A comparison of athletes and nonathletes

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1367-1377

  Ford, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Athletics; Binge drinking; College students; Health risk behaviors; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34548826813     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701212402     Document Type: Article

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