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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2021.064

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Factors associated with increase in alcohol consumption during first months of COVID‑19 pandemic among online social media users in Russia

Gil AU, Demin AK
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Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Artyom U. Gil
Trubetskaya, 8, str. 2, Moscow, 119991, Russia; moc.liamg@moytra.lig

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Acknowledgements: the authors thank Uri and Raisa Gil for their help in disseminating information about the survey in online social media, for their critical comments on the interpretation and discussion of the results.

Author contributions: Gil AU planned the study, designed the electronic questionnaire form, collected date, performed statistical analysis, interpreted the results and wrote the manuscript; Demin AK interpreted the results and wrote the manuscript.

Received: 2021-11-21 Accepted: 2021-12-19 Published online: 2021-12-30
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