Perception of the amount of drinking by others in a sample of 20-year-old men: The more I think you drink, the more I drink

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-87

  Bertholet, Nicolas ^a   Gaume, Jacques ^a   Faouzi, Mohamed ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650325268     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq084     Document Type: Article

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