Alcohol consumption in Estonia and Finland: Finbalt survey 1994-2006

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pärna, Kersti ^a,b   Rahu, Kaja ^b,c   Helakorpi, Satu ^d   Tekkel, Mare ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c National Institute of Health Development   (Estonia)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952308262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-261     Document Type: Article

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