The Persistent Effects of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws on Drinking Patterns Later in Life

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 463-469

  Plunk, Andrew D ^a   Cavazaos Rehg, Patricia ^a   Bierut, Laura J ^a   Grucza, Richard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge Drinking; Drinking Patterns; Minimum Legal Drinking Age; Moderate Drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; COLLEGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM LEGAL DRINKING AGE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874349714     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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