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Fighting attributed to alcohol use among adolescent drinkers

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 16th, 2005

Researchers found that alcohol use contributed to fighting among adolescent drinkers.

"This study examined demographic and psychosocial factors to determine the predictors of fighting attributed to alcohol use among adolescent drinkers. Analyses were based on the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which is a nationally representative sample of adolescents in Grades 7 through 11. The prospective analyses were restricted to those adolescent drinkers who participated in both data waves (n=604 1) collected in 1995 and 1996," scientists in the United States report.

"A logistic regression model was constructed using a backward elimination...

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