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Total Alcohol Consumption and Excessive Drinking
Author(s) -
Duffy J. C.,
Cohen G. R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1978.tb00152.x
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , consumption (sociology) , alcohol , environmental health , epidemiology , distribution (mathematics) , medicine , mathematics , sociology , chemistry , social science , biochemistry , mathematical analysis
Summary Work on the distribution of alcohol consumption is reviewed. Some fallacies are pointed out and their implications for use of total alcohol consumption in the epidemiological description of drinking habits are considered.