How much alcohol do you buy? A comparison of self-reported alcohol purchases with actual sales

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 649-654

  Ramstedt, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol purchase; Coverage rate; Self report; Sweden; Unrecorded alcohol; Validity of survey data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949394480     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02839.x     Document Type: Article

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