Validation of survey information on smoking and alcohol consumption against import statistics, Greenland 1993-2010

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Binge drinking; Greenland; Inuit; Population surveys; Tobacco consumption; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BINGE DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARCTIC REGIONS; BINGE DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874903496     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20314     Document Type: Article

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