Measuring alcohol-related consequences in school surveys: Alcohol-attributable consequences or consequences with students' alcohol attribution

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-104

  Gmel, Gerhard ^a,b,c,d   Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^a   Wicki, Matthias ^a   Labhart, Florian ^a  

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

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alcohol drinking; Bias (epidemiology); Data collection; Odds ratio; Regression analysis; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL; DATA ACQUISITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 72949085305     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp331     Document Type: Article

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