title: Clinical importance of age at first drink in a group of young men.
abstract: A survey of 1,012 university men aged 21 to 25 years revealed that age at first drink varied inversely with alcohol consumption and frequency of drinking, incidence of alcohol-related problems, and incidence of drug use and associated problems.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002140:California; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*