title: Short-term consumption effects of a lower minimum alcohol-purchasing age.
abstract: Multiple-regression analysis revealed that apparent short-term increases in consumption of distilled spirits after reductions in minimum legal purchasing ages were not statistically significant.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D014481:United States