Does a Change Over All Equal a Change in All? Testing for Polarized Alcohol Use Within and Across Socio-Economic Groups in Germany.
Aims: This study aimed at testing whether drinking volume and episodic heavy drinking (EHD) frequency in Germany are polarizing between consumption levels overtime. Polarization is defined as a reduction in alcohol use among the majority of the population, while a subpopulation with a high intake le...
| Publicado en: | Alcohol & Alcoholism. Supplement Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 700 - 708 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2015
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