Increased drinking in a metropolitan city in China: A study of alcohol consumption patterns and changes

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 416-423

  Zhang, Jiafang ^a   Casswell, Sally ^b,c   Cai, Hongmei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumption; Frequency; Larger quantity drinkers; Mean; Median; Socio economic status; Typical occasion quantity; Urban residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 38849146236     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02088.x     Document Type: Article

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