Caffeinated cocktails: Energy drink consumption, high-risk drinking, and alcohol-related consequences among college students

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 453-460

  O'Brien, Mary Claire ^a   McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Wagoner, Ashley ^a   Wolfson, Mark ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Energy drinks; Injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BEVERAGE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BEVERAGES; CAFFEINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 44049087903     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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