Too poor to binge? An examination of economic hardship and its relation to alcohol consumption patterns in Taganrog, Russia

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 330-333

  Rojas, Yerko ^a   Stickley, Andrew ^a   Carlson, Per ^b  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUSSIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42649123365     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807086978     Document Type: Article

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