Correlates of college student binge drinking.
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Correlates of college student binge drinking.
OBJECTIVES This study examines the individual correlates of college student binge drinking. METHODS Questionnaires were completed by a representative national sample (n = 17,592) of students on 140 campuses in 1993. Binge drinking was defined as five or more drinks per episode for men and as four or more drinks per episode for women. RESULTS Overall, 44% of the students (50% of the men and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.85.7.921