Reporting bias in the association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1418-1425

  Sartor, Carolyn E ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Nelson, Elliot C ^a   Madden, Pamela A F ^a   Lynskey, Michael T ^a   Heath, Andrew C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at first drink; Heavy episodic drinking; Reporting bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MISSOURI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960649515     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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