Do personal beliefs and peers affect the practice of alcohol consumption in university students in Lebanon?;Les croyances personnelles et celles des pairs influent-elles sur la consommation d'alcool des étudiants au Liban?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 340-347

  Salame J ^a   Barbour, B ^a   Salameh, P ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; AUDIT SCORE; BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HAZARD; NON HEALTH SPECIALTY; PERSONAL BELIEF; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIVATE UNIVERSITY; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878096111     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.4.340     Document Type: Article

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