Measuring the year consumption of alcohol: The development of a questionnaire

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 880-894

  Jansen, Harrie ^a   Lahaut, Viviënne ^a,c   Garretsen, Henk ^b   Van De Mheen, Dike ^a,c  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Questionnaire; Self monitoring; Year consumption

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MONITORING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS;

EID: 45949103942     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701801394     Document Type: Article

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