Cultural and gender convergence in adolescent drunkenness: Evidence from 23 European and North American countries

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Kuntsche, Sandra ^a   Knibbe, Ronald ^d   Simons Morton, Bruce ^e   Farhat, Tilda ^e   Hublet, Anne ^f   Bendtsen, Pernille ^g   Godeau, Emmanuelle ^h   Demetrovics, Zsolt ⁱ  

^a ADDICTION SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

ⁱ EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUNKENNESS; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCANDINAVIA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79751509563     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.191     Document Type: Article

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