TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Psychosocial and behavioral factors differentiating past drinkers and life-long abstainers
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Eward, A. M.
A1  - Wolfe, R.
A1  - Moll, P.
A1  - Harburg, E.
SP  - 68
EP  - 70
VL  - 76
IS  - 1
N2  - Studies of the health effects associated with alcohol consumption often use a single non-drinker category as a referent. In this community study (N = 1,672) from Tecumseh, Michigan, past drinkers (N = 191) and life-long abstainers (N = 215) differed substantially for certain behavioral and psychosocial factors. In addition, 65 per cent of the male and 36 per cent of the female non-drinkers were past drinkers. Our findings suggest that a single non-drinking category might lead to ambiguous inferences across studies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -