Beliefs, motivations, and opinions about moderate drinking: A cross-sectional survey

Family Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-195

  Mukamal, Kenneth J ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Mittleman, Murray A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40549132213     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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