Changes in alcohol availability, price and alcohol-related problems and the collectivity of drinking cultures: What happened in Southern and Northern Sweden?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 456-467

  Gustafsson, Nina Katri ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SWEDEN; THEORY VALIDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; COMMERCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWEDEN; TAXES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956277206     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq046     Document Type: Article

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