Health and Behavioral Consequences of Binge Drinking in College: A National Survey of Students at 140 Campuses

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 21, 1994, Pages 1672-1677

  Wechsler, Henry ^a   Davenport, Andrea ^a   Dowdall, George ^a   Moeykens, Barbara ^a   Castillo, Sonia ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84920082052     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520210056032     Document Type: Article

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