The Finnish drinking culture: Change and continuity in the past 40 years

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 831-840

  Mäkelä, Pia ^a   Tigerstedt, Christoffer ^a   Mustonen, Heli ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol intoxication; Drinking context; Drinking practice; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868553851     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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