Exploring the boundary between health protective and hazardous drinking in a community cohort

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-281

  Murray, Robert P ^a   Tyas, Suzanne L ^b   Snow, Wanda ^a   Ekuma, Okechukwu ^a   Bond, Ruth ^a   Barnes, Gordon E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; All cause mortality; Cohort study; Heavy episodic drinking; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849089169     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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