Drinking by professional Australian Football League (AFL) players: Prevalence and correlates of risk

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 479-483

  Dietze, Paul M ^a   Fitzgerald, John L ^b   Jenkinson, Rebecca A ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING;

EID: 56749091145     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02138.x     Document Type: Article

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