'Alcohol, less is better' project: Outcomes of an Italian community-based prevention programme on reducing per-capita alcohol consumption

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-110

  Bagnardi, Vincenzo ^a,b   Sorini, Emanuele ^c   Disalvatore, Davide ^a   Assi, Valentina ^a   Corrao, Giovanni ^a   De Stefani, Renzo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c ASL Cremona   (Italy)

^d Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Community intervention; Controlled trial; Evaluation; Prevention; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649992813     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03105.x     Document Type: Article

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