Holidays, celebrations, and commiserations: Measuring drinking during feasting and fasting to improve national and individual estimates of alcohol consumption

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bellis, Mark A ^a,b,c   Hughes, Karen ^c   Jones, Lisa ^c   Morleo, Michela ^c   Nicholls, James ^d   McCoy, Ellie ^c   Webster, Jane ^c   Sumnall, Harry ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcohol; Binge drinking; Holidays; Sales; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FASTING; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84929463979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0337-0     Document Type: Article

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