Support for breaking the nexus between alcohol and community sports settings: Findings from the VicHealth Community Attitudes Survey in Australia

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-421

  Tobin, Claire L ^a   Fitzgerald, John L ^b   Livingstone, Charles ^a   Thomson, Lisa ^b   Harper, Todd A ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian Health Promotion Foundation   (Australia)

^c CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Public opinion; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPORTS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84861863012     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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