Calculating standard drink units: international comparisons.
Simple calculation rules are providing for converting alcohol consumption data among four standard units currently used by researchers and educators in the USA, Canada, the UK, and Australia. A plea is made for the adoption of a common method for reporting alcohol consumption in research, using metric fluid volume units.
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Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.
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D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000592:standards*; D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D007394:International System of Units / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States