Differences in the measured alcohol content of drinks between black, white and Hispanic men and women in a US national sample

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1503-1511

  Kerr, William C ^a   Patterson, Deidre ^a   Greenfield, Thomas K ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol content; Beverage type; Ethnic differences; Ethnicity; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249090859     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02579.x     Document Type: Article

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