A new scale of the U.S. alcohol policy environment and its relationship to binge drinking

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Naimi, Timothy S ^a,b   Blanchette, Jason ^a   Nelson, Toben F ^d   Nguyen, Thien ^b   Oussayef, Nadia ^b   Heeren, Timothy C ^c   Gruenewald, Paul ^e   Mosher, James ^f   Xuan, Ziming ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Community Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^f CDM Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL POLICY SCALE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BINGE DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890844725     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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