Gender differences in drinking patterns and alcohol-related problems in a community sample in São Paulo, Brazil

Gender differences in drinking patterns and alcohol-related problems in a community sample in São Paulo, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To investigate drinking patterns and gender differences in alcohol-related problems in a Brazilian population, with an emphasis on the frequency of heavy drinking. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a probability adult household sample (n = 1,464) in the city of São Paulo...

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Main Authors: Camila Magalhães Silveira, Erica Rosanna Siu, Yuan-Pang Wang, Maria Carmen Viana, Arthur Guerra de Andrade, Laura Helena Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
alcohol
heavy episodic drinking
binge drinking
epidemiology
brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322012000300001&lng=en&tlng=en

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