Aims: The study investigated gender differences in drinking patterns and the reasons behind
them among men and women in the Russian city of Novosibirsk. Methods: A mixed method …

Aims: 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 …

Aim To estimate the prevalence of hazardous drinking and its socio‐economic distribution
among Russian men. Design Participants were an age‐stratified, population‐based random …

Aims. Alcohol has been suggested as an important determinant of mortality in Russia but
survey data on individuals' alcohol consumption in Russia are sparse. We have analysed …

Aims The paper discusses the kinds of reasoning that have been presented as possible
mechanisms and reasons for gender differences in alcohol consumption. Design and …

Aims: Little is known about specific Danish drinking patterns. This paper investigates how
various socio-demographic factors are related to Danish alcohol consumption with special …

Aims To evaluate multinational patterns of gender‐and age‐specific alcohol consumption.
Design and participants Large general‐population surveys of men's and women's drinking …

Aims. It has been suggested that the effects of alcohol, and binge drinking in particular,
contributed to the dramatic fluctuations in Russian mortality rates: rapid decline in 1985‐87 …

Aims: To examine the consistency and/or variability of gender differences in drinking
behavior crossculturally. Design, setting, participants: Women's and men's responses in 16 …

The massive fluctuations occurring in Russian alcohol-related mortality since the mid-1980s
cannot be seen outside of the context of great social and economic change. There is a …