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Self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems: A study in four Scottish towns (1979)
Journal Article
Pirie, F., & Plant, M. (1979). Self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems: A study in four Scottish towns. Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale, 14(2), 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00582085

Self-reports of alcohol consumption among representative random samples of respondents in four Scottish towns were collected on two occasions by means of identical surveys. The towns were Ayr and Glasgow in the South and Aberdeen and Inverness in the... Read More about Self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems: A study in four Scottish towns.

Health costs of life style (1979)
Book Chapter
Miers, M. (1979). Health costs of life style. In P. Atkinson, R. Dingwall, & A. Murcott (Eds.), Prospects for the National Health (102-117). London: Croom Helm

Evaluation of the Scottish Health Education Unit's 1976 campaign on alcoholism (1979)
Journal Article
Pirie, F., Kreitman, N., & Plant, M. (1979). Evaluation of the Scottish Health Education Unit's 1976 campaign on alcoholism. Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale, 14(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583569

During 1976 the Scottish Health Education Unit (SHEU) mounted a national campaign on alcoholism. This campaign used television films and newspaper advertisements intended to persuade alcoholics to seek treatment and to educate the public about alcoho... Read More about Evaluation of the Scottish Health Education Unit's 1976 campaign on alcoholism.

Drinking careers (1979)
Journal Article
Plant, M. (1979). Drinking careers. Occupational Health -London then Sutton-, 31, 184-189

Learning to drink (1979)
Book Chapter
Plant, M. (1979). Learning to drink. In M. Grant, & P. Gwinner (Eds.), Alcoholism in Perspective (34-41). University Park Press

Occupations, Drinking Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Problems: Conclusions from a Follow‐up Study (1979)
Journal Article
Plant, M. (1979). Occupations, Drinking Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Problems: Conclusions from a Follow‐up Study. Addiction, 74(3), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1979.tb01347.x

The high rate of alcoholism in certain occupations is discussed and eight ‘risk factors’ are suggested. In order to explore the effects of occupation on drinking patterns and alcohol‐related problems 150 new recruits to a ‘high risk’ industry, alcoho... Read More about Occupations, Drinking Patterns and Alcohol‐Related Problems: Conclusions from a Follow‐up Study.