Forecasting the Effect of the Amethyst Initiative on College Drinking

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1608-1613

  Fitzpatrick, Ben G ^a,b   Scribner, Richard ^c   Ackleh, Azmy S ^d   Rasul, Jawaid ^e   Jacquez, Geoffrey ^e,f   Simonsen, Neal ^c   Rommel, Robert ^d  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tempest Technologies   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^e BIOMEDWARE INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amethyst initiative; College; Heavy episodic drinking; Misperception; Modeling

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE DRINKING; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEAVY EPISODIC DRINKING; HUMAN; IRRESPONSIBLE DRINKING; LEGAL ASPECT; MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865963906     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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