Cross-sectional measures and modelled estimates of blood alcohol levels in UK nightlife and their relationships with drinking behaviours and observed signs of inebriation

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bellis, Mark A ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Quigg, Zara ^a   Morleo, Michela ^a   Jarman, Ian ^a   Lisboa, Paulo ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BREATH TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RECREATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950924670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-5-5     Document Type: Article

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