title: Comment on "A national study of adolescent drinking behavior, attitudes and correlates".
abstract: A national study of adolescent drinking is criticized on methodological and conceptual grounds, and it is concluded that its results exaggerate the prevalence of problem drinking among adolescents.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology; D001290:Attitude; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D012621:Seasons; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States