Alcohol use disorders and hazardous drinking among undergraduates at English universities

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-277

  Heather, Nick ^a   Partington, Sarah ^a   Partington, Elizabeth ^a   Longstaff, Fran ^a   Allsop, Susan ^a   Jankowski, Mark ^a   Wareham, Helen ^b   St Clair Gibson, Alan ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; ETHANOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955431692     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr024     Document Type: Article

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