title: Effects of reducing the legal alcohol-purchasing age on drinking and drinking problems. A review of empirical studies.
abstract: A review of studies of the effects of reducing the legal age for drinking and purchasing alcoholic beverages suggests that there are public health reasons for not introducting such changes in jurisdictions which have not already done so.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001334:Automobile Driving; D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D012940:Social Problems; D014481:United States