Estimated blood alcohol concentrations for child and adolescent drinking and their implications for screening instruments

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Donovan, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Assessment; Children; Epidemiology; Intoxication; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CHILD; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249108298     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0027     Document Type: Article

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