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Introduction to special issue 'Gender, Culture and Alcohol Problems: a Multi-national Study'Kim Bloomfield
Unit of Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Vej 9, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
Alcohol Alcohol Suppl 41:i3-7. 2006..In most analyses the smallest gender differences in drinking behaviour were found in Nordic countries, followed by western and central European countries, with the largest gender differences in countries with developing economies...- A comparison of drinking patterns and alcohol-use-related problems in the United States and Germany, 1995Kim Bloomfield
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Subst Use Misuse 37:399-428. 2002..Sociodemographic correlates of heavier consumption also varied between countries. Results support the role of cultural traditions in the expression and recognition of alcohol-use-related problems... - Developments in alcohol consumption in reunited GermanyKim Bloomfield
Institute of Public Health, Department of Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg
Addiction 100:1770-8. 2005..To investigate changes in measures of frequency of general alcohol and beverage-specific alcohol drinking in eastern and western Germany between 1991 and 1998... 
Socio-demographic correlates of alcohol consumption in the Danish general populationKim Bloomfield
Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 36:580-8. 2008..Little is known about specific Danish drinking patterns. This paper investigates how various socio-demographic factors are related to Danish alcohol consumption with special focus on age and sex...- Social inequalities in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems in the study countries of the EU concerted action 'Gender, Culture and Alcohol Problems: a Multi-national Study'Kim Bloomfield
Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg
Alcohol Alcohol Suppl 41:i26-36. 2006.... - Are characteristics of the school district associated with active transportation to school in Danish adolescents?Christiane Stock
Unit for Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Eur J Public Health 22:398-404. 2012..This study sought to determine the influence of individual factors on active transportation to school among Danish seventh graders and whether school district factors are associated with such behaviour independently of individual factors... - Neighbourhoods matter too: the association between neighbourhood socioeconomic position, population density and breast, prostate and lung cancer incidence in Denmark between 2004 and 2008Mathias Meijer
Unit for Health Promotion Research, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
J Epidemiol Community Health 67:6-13. 2013..The aim of this study was to refine the current knowledge about indicators associated with cancer incidence by evaluating the influence of neighbourhood characteristics on breast, prostate and lung cancer incidence in Denmark... - International comparisons of alcohol consumptionKim Bloomfield
Department of Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark
Alcohol Res Health 27:95-109. 2003..Some problems associated with international research, however, such as issues of comparability of surveys, still need to be resolved... - Population density, socioeconomic environment and all-cause mortality: a multilevel survival analysis of 2.7 million individuals in DenmarkMathias Meijer
Unit for Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Health Place 18:391-9. 2012..Overall this study suggests that structural prevention efforts in neighborhoods could help reduce mortality when mediating processes between area-level socioeconomic status, population density and mortality are found... - Do neighborhoods affect individual mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis of multilevel studiesMathias Meijer
Unit for Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Soc Sci Med 74:1204-12. 2012..In the meta-analysis we found significantly higher mortality among inhabitants living in areas with low ALSES. Associations were stronger for men and younger age groups and in studies analyzing geographical units with fewer inhabitants... - Effects of school district factors on alcohol consumption: results of a multi-level analysis among Danish adolescentsChristiane Stock
Unit of Health Promotion Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark
Eur J Public Health 21:449-55. 2011..Area-level socio-economic factors are significantly related to a population's health. This study investigates how school district-level factors affect the initiation of alcohol drinking of Danish adolescents... - The influence of societal level factors on men's and women's alcohol consumption and alcohol problemsGiora Rahav
Department of Sociology, Tel Aviv University
Alcohol Alcohol Suppl 41:i47-55. 2006..To identify the pattern of gender differences in drinking across societies, and to its association with other societal characteristics... - Gender and cultural differences in the association between family roles, social stratification, and alcohol use: a European cross-cultural analysisSandra Kuntsche
Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Lausanne, Switzerland
Alcohol Alcohol Suppl 41:i37-46. 2006..Second, it seeks to explain country differences in the associations of social stratification and family roles with alcohol consumption by societal level variables... - A comparison of the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) in general population surveys in nine European countriesRonald A Knibbe
University Maastricht, Health Care Science, Section Medical Sociology
Alcohol Alcohol Suppl 41:i19-25. 2006..On the item level the focus is on responsiveness to cross-national and gender differences. For the set of items the focus is on intercorrelations between items, indicating to what extent the AUDIT constitutes a scale... - Drinking patterns and their gender differences in EuropePia Makela
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health STAKES, Alcohol and Drug Research Group, Helsinki, Finland
Alcohol Alcohol Suppl 41:i8-18. 2006..To compare drinking habits and to examine differences between drinking cultures in different regions and countries in Europe; to examine gender differences in drinking habits and to compare them over countries... - Changes in volume of drinking after changes in alcohol taxes and travellers' allowances: results from a panel studyPia Makela
Alcohol and Drug Research Group, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health STAKES, Helsinki, Finland
Addiction 103:181-91. 2008....