Socio-demographic correlates of alcohol consumption in the Danish general population

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 580-588

  Bloomfield, Kim ^a   Grittner, Ulrike ^a   Rasmussen, Hanna Barbara ^b   Petersen, Hans Christian ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; binge drinking; Denmark; drinking patterns; general population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 49849105277     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808089648     Document Type: Article

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