Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil Determinantes sociais e padrões de consumo de álcool na Bahia, Brasil

• Main Authors: Naomar Almeida-Filho (Author), Ines Lessa (Author), Lucélia Magalhães (Author), Maria Jenny Araújo (Author), Estela Aquino (Author), Ichiro Kawachi (Author), Sherman A James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To study patterns of alcohol consumption and prevalence of high-risk drinking. METHODS: A household survey was carried out in a sample of 2,302 adults in Salvador, Brazil. Cases of High-Risk Drinking (HRD) were defined as those subjects who referred daily or weekly binge drinking plus epi...