Alcohol use during the great recession of 2008-2009

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 343-348

  Bor, Jacob ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b,c   Coutts, Adam ^d   Mckee, Martin ^c   Stuckler, David ^c,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876191062     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt002     Document Type: Article

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