Association of age at first drink with current alcohol drinking variables in a national general population sample

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1379-1387

  York, James L ^a   Welte, John ^a   Hirsch, Judith ^a   Hoffman, Joseph H ^a   Barnes, Grace ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at first drink; Alcohol; Alcohol problems; Drinking; Gender

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544277616     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000139812.98173.A4     Document Type: Article

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