The relationship between age at drinking onset and subsequent binge drinking among women

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 378-382

  Eliasen, Marie ^g   Kjær, Susanne K ^a,b   Munk, Christian ^a   Nygård, Mari ^c   Sparén, Pär ^d   Tryggvadottir, Laufey ^e   Liaw, Kai Li ^f   Grønbæk, Morten ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b Juliane Marie Centre   (Denmark)

^c Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age at drinking onset; Binge drinking; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCANDINAVIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449103538     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp023     Document Type: Article

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