Predictors of and reasons for attempts to reduce alcohol intake: A population survey of adults in England

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Beard, Emma ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   Kaner, Eileen ^b   West, Robert ^a   Michie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MOTIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85014833858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173458     Document Type: Article

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