The differences in drinking patterns between Finnish-speaking majority and Swedish-speaking minority in Finland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-284

  Paljrvi, Tapio ^a,d   Suominen, Sakari ^b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^a   Winter, Torsten ^a   Kauhanen, Jussi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Folkhlsan Research Center   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Minority groups; Social behaviour; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HANGOVER; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 66249140912     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp007     Document Type: Article

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