Sentence examples for ascertain drinking from inspiring English sources

We used this definition of heavy drinking as a proxy for binge drinking, since our questionnaire did not ascertain drinking volume over a single occasion.

The attrition rate was calculated for all the drinking profiles in order to ascertain whether certain drinking profiles were associated with a greater or lesser degree of loss relative to the overall sample, For example, if heavy drinkers had a higher rate of loss, this might indicate that their non-participation at wave 5 was due to ill-health or death.

The alcohol use measure asks three questions to ascertain levels of current drinking and may not capture the entirety of drinking consumption over the four-month period between assessments.

The groundwater in this region has been classified based on BIS (2003) and WHO (1993) standards to ascertain its suitability for drinking purposes (Table 1) based on pH and major ions.

The objective of this study is to determine the hydro-geochemical process controlling the water quality variations and to determine the water type of the groundwater to ascertain the suitability of water for drinking purposes.

To ascertain the portability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes, the analytical results have been compared with the standard guideline values recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO 2011) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS 1991).

This study was carried out in one of the densely populated metropolitan cities in India to ascertain the suitability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation activity, identify the processes controlling the geochemistry of groundwater and the impact of Adyar River on the groundwater quality.

The cross sectional design means that it is not possible to ascertain a causal relationship between hazardous drinking and experiencing alcohol-related non-consensual sex; it is possible that experiencing alcohol-related non-consensual sex resulted in increasing drinking levels.

Unfortunately, the cop who pulled over Righeimer must not have been in on the plan because he quickly ascertained that the politico hadn't been drinking.

Smoking status was ascertained using questions based on the national 'Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England' survey questionnaire [ 21].

The results were then compared with guidelines prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO 2008) and the Malaysia's Ministry of Health (MMOH 2009a, b) to ascertain their suitability for human consumption as drinking water.