Problem drinking and exceeding guidelines for 'sensible' alcohol consumption in Scottish men: Associations with life course socioeconomic disadvantage in a population-based cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Batty, G David ^a   Lewars, Heather ^a   Emslie, Carol ^a   Benzeval, Michaela ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; CAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COHORT STUDIES; CROWDING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 51849090527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-302     Document Type: Article

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