'I have no interest in drinking': A cross-national comparison of reasons why men and women abstain from alcohol use

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1658-1668

  Bernards, Sharon ^a   Graham, Kathryn ^b   Kuendig, Hervé ^c   Hettige, Siri ^d   Obot, Isidore ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Abstention; Alcohol; Cross cultural; Gender; Reasons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RELIGION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SWEDEN; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949132015     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02667.x     Document Type: Article

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