Heavy Episodic Drinking: Determining the Predictive Utility of Five or More Drinks

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-77

  Jackson, Kristina M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; binge drinking; heavy episodic drinking; measurement; threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HANGOVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS;

EID: 40749111350     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.1.68     Document Type: Article

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