Public Health
Volume 126, Issue 1 , Pages 3-11 , January 2012

Rethinking drinking cultures: A review of drinking cultures and a reconstructed dimensional approach

  • R. Gordon

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Initiatives, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • Please note authors are listed alphabetically and made equal contributions to the research article.
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  • D. Heim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
    • Please note authors are listed alphabetically and made equal contributions to the research article.
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  • S. MacAskill

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling and the Open University, Stirling, UK
    • Please note authors are listed alphabetically and made equal contributions to the research article.

Received 23 June 2010 ,Revised 11 April 2011 ,Accepted 18 September 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.09.014

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