The number of persons with alcohol problems in the Danish population

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-136

  Gottlieb Hansen, Anders B ^a   Hvidtfeldt, Ulla Arthur ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Søgaard Nielsen, Annette ^a   Schurmann Tolstrup, Janne ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adjusting for non participation; alcohol; alcohol dependency; AUDIT; Denmark; epidemiology; harmful alcohol use; heavy drinking; non participation analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952550945     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810393556     Document Type: Article

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