Adolescent Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking: An 18-Year Trend Study of Prevalence and Correlates
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Adolescent alcohol use and binge drinking: an 18-year trend study of prevalence and correlates.
AIMS Several studies suggest a rapid decrease of alcohol use among adolescents after the turn of the century. With decreasing prevalence rates of smokers, a so-called hardening may have taken place, implying that remaining smokers are characterized by more psychosocial problems. Are similar processes witnessed among remaining adolescent alcohol users as well? METHODS In 1992, 2002 and 2010 we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcohol and Alcoholism
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1464-3502,0735-0414
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu091