Who drinks most of the total alcohol in young men - Risky single occasion drinking as normative behaviour

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 692-697

  Gmel, Gerhard ^a,b,c   Gaume, Jacques ^a   Faouzi, Mohamed ^a   Kulling, Jean Pierre ^d   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d Swiss Army Recruitment Center 1 Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SWITZERLAND;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149111089     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agn070     Document Type: Article

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