Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 692-702 , July 2009

Binge Drinking Among Youths and Young Adults in the United States: 1979–2006

  • Richard A. Grucza, Ph.D., M.P.E.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Richard A. Grucza, Ph.D., M.P.E., Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8134, St. Louis, MO 63110
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  • Karen E. Norberg, M.D.
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  • Laura J. Bierut, M.D.

,Accepted 3 February 2009.

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 This study was supported by NIH-K01DA16618 (R.G.), Washington University Center for Health Policy (K.N.), U10AA08401, HG-U01-004422, and K02DA021237 (L.B.). The recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) surveys have been sponsored by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA-OAS); field work was conducted by RTI International. The NSDUH data was obtained from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive through the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA).The authors thank Mr. Joe Gfroerer, from the SAMHSA-OAS, for helpful discussions regarding analysis of the NSDUH series.This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Deborah Deas in this issue.

PII: S0890-8567(09)60106-4

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181a2b32f

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 692-702 , July 2009

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