Beyond the "Binge" threshold: Heavy drinking patterns and their association with alcohol involvement indices in college students

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-234

  Read, Jennifer P ^a   Beattie, Melissa ^b   Chamberlain, Rebecca ^c   Merrill, Jennifer E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge; College drinking; Drinking consequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS;

EID: 37048998725     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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