Gender specific trends in alcohol use: Cross-cultural comparisons from 1998 to 2006 in 24 countries and regions

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Simons Morton, Bruce G ^a   Farhat, Tilda ^a   ter Bogt, Tom F M ^b   Hublet, Anne ^c   Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^d,h   Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse ^e   Godeau, Emmanuelle ^f,h   Kokkevi, Anna ^g   Piette, Danielle ^h   Kohn, Laurence ^h   Bogdanova, Evelina ^h   King, Matt ^h   Saab, Hana ^h   Csémy, Ladsilav ^h   Jezkova, Magdalena ^h   Magnusson, Josefine ^h   Terzidou, Manina ^h   Fotiou, Anastasios ^h   Spyropoulou, Maria ^h   Arapaki, Angeliki ^h   Kitsos, George ^h   Kovacsics, Leila ^h   Sebestyen, Edit ^h   Balogh, Agnes ^h   Gabhainm, Saoirse Nic ^h   Velika, Biruta ^h   Sumskas, Linas ^h   Kowalewska, Anna ^h   Simöes, Celeste ^h   Baban, Adriana ^h   Craciun, Catrinel ^h   Mih, Viorel ^h   Žežula, Ivan ^h   Kolarcik, Peter ^h   Baska, Tibor ^h   Bajt, Maja ^h   Jiménez Iglesias, Antonia ^h   Graf, Michel ^h   Simons Morton, Bruce ^h   Wang, Jing ^h   more..

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Cross national; Drunkenness; Gender; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUNKENNESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249217892     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-5411-y     Document Type: Article

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