Socio-demographic correlates of six indicators of alcohol consumption: Survey findings of students across seven universities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  El Ansari, Walid ^a   Sebena, Rene ^b   Stock, Christiane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Gender; Heavy episodic drinking; Problem drinking; Sociodemographic and educational characteristics; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978027688     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-3258-71-29     Document Type: Article

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