The alcohol policy environment and policy subgroups as predictors of binge drinking measures among US adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 816-822

  Xuan, Ziming ^a   Blanchette, Jason ^b   Nelson, Toben F ^c   Heeren, Timothy ^a,b   Oussayef, Nadia ^a  

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

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BINGE DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84924674059     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302112     Document Type: Article

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