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Author Young, Anne Frances.

Title Australian women and alcohol consumption : 1996-2003 / authors: Anne Young and Jennifer Powers ; with assistance from Rosie Brotherston and Virginia Wheway
Published [Canberra] : [Dept. of Health and Ageing], 2005

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Description xii, 76 pages : tables ; 30 cm
Contents Executive summary -- Sect. 1: Background -- Sect. 2. The measurement of alcohol consumption -- Sect. 3: Who drinks how much, and do women's drinkinig patterns change over time? -- Sect. 4: What are the characteristics of women with various levels of alcohol consumption? -- Sect. 5: Short-term risk drinking among younger women -- Sect. 6: What predicts becoming a more or less risky drinker over time? -- Sect. 7: What long-term effects does alcohol consumption have on women's health? -- Sect. 8: ALSWH publications relevant to alcohol use among women
Summary The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health provides a unique opportunity to monitor changes over time in the health and well-being of a large, nationally representative sample of Australian women, their social circumstances, and their health behaviour, including alcohol consumption. This report presents results for women in three age cohorts (Younger, Mid-age and Older) from 1996 to 2003 and provides important data on alcohol consumption among Australian women. -- p. iii
Notes Women's Health australia - cover
Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWHG). Report to the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
"National Alcohol Strategy" - tp
Description based on downloaded version
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Available on the Departments website at : http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/phd-pub-alcohol-women_report-cnt.htm as at 4 April 2005
Commonwealth of Australia 2005
Subject Alcohol -- Australia -- Statistics.
Alcoholism -- Australia -- Statistics.
Alcohol -- Physiological effect.
Alcohol -- Social aspects -- Australia.
Women -- Alcohol use.
Alcoholism.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Australia -- Statistics.
Women -- Alcohol use -- Australia -- Longitudinal studies.
Alcoholism -- Australia -- Longitudinal studies.
Alcoholism -- Australia.
Women -- Alcohol use -- Australia.
Young women -- Alcohol use -- Australia -- Statistics.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Australia.
Women -- Alcohol use -- Australia -- Statistics.
Genre/Form Statistics.
Author Wheway, Virginia
Brotherston, Rosie
Powers, Jennifer, BSc.
Australia. Department of Health and Ageing.
National Alcohol Strategy (Australia)
Women's Health Australia.
ISBN 0642825955