Prices, alcohol use initiation and heavy episodic drinking among Chilean youth

Abstract

AIMS: To examine the association between alcohol prices and age of initiation of alcohol use and the association between age of alcohol use initiation and heavy episodic drinking (HED) among adolescents in Chile. DESIGN: We estimated discrete-time hazard models using retrospective data and generalized ordered probit models with repeated cross-sectional data.

Authors

Paraje GR; Guindon GE; Chaloupka FJ

Journal

Addiction, Vol. 116, No. 3, pp. 485–494

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

March 2021

DOI

10.1111/add.15167

ISSN

0965-2140

Associated Experts

Emmanuel Guindon

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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