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1 Catto S, Gibbs D. How much are Scots really drinking? A review of data from Scotland's routine national surveys. Glasgow: NHS Health Scotland; 2008 http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/2612.aspx
2 Goddard, E., Estimating alcohol consumption from survey data: updated method of converting volumes to units. National Statistics Methodological Series No. 37. Office for National Statistics 2007. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/drinkingmethodologyfinal.pdf
3 Government recommendations say these amounts should not be regularly exceeded. The survey data on consumption on the heaviest drinking day in the previous week can only be used as a proxy for those exceeding recommended maximum daily amounts as they do not measure whether these recommendations are regularly exceeded.
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