Rethinking drinking cultures: A review of drinking cultures and a reconstructed dimensional approach

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Gordon, R ^a   Heim, D ^b   MacAskill, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Countries; Cultures; Dimensions; Drinking; Literature review; Typology

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; DRINKING; LITERATURE REVIEW; TYPOLOGY;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIVORCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING CULTURE; DRUNKENNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPE; HUMANS;

FRANCE; GERMANY; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84155171312     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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