Subjective measures of binge drinking and alcohol-specific adverse health outcomes: A prospective cohort study

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-330

  Paljärvi, Tapio ^a,e   Mäkelä, Pia ^b   Poikolainen, Kari ^c   Suominen, Sakari ^d   Car, Josip ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcohol related; Alcoholic intoxication; Drinking pattern; Follow up studies; Hangover; Hospitalization; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855912505     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03596.x     Document Type: Article

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