Drinking less but greater harm: Could polarized drinking habits explain the divergence between alcohol consumption and harms among youth?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 581-590

  Hallgren, Mats ^a   Leifman, Håkan ^b   Andréasson, Sven ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BINGE DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865332418     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags071     Document Type: Article

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