The use of epidemiology in alcohol research

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-25

  Rossow, Ingeborg ^a   Norström, Thor ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol research; Causal inference; Epidemiology; Literature review; Public health; Public policy

Indexed keywords

DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 84871708930     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04031.x     Document Type: Article

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