EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEAVY ALCOHOL USE IN UKRAINE: FINDINGS FROM THE WORLD MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY
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Epidemiology of heavy alcohol use in Ukraine: findings from the world mental health survey.
AIMS To describe the epidemiology of heavy alcohol use in Ukraine, using data from the world mental health (WMH) survey in Ukraine. METHODS The WMH composite international diagnostic interview was administered in 2002 to a national probability sample of Ukrainian adults (n=4725). An algorithm for classifying heavy use in the past year was developed from self-reports about the quantity and fre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcohol and Alcoholism
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1464-3502,0735-0414
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh152