Rising alcohol consumption and a high prevalence of problem drinking in black men and women in Cape Town: The CRIBSA study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 446-452

  Peer, Nasheeta ^a   Lombard, Carl ^a   Steyn, Krisela ^b   Levitt, Naomi ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ALCOHOL; BLACK POPULATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENS HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BLACK PERSON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84899485365     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202985     Document Type: Article

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