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standard drink
noun
A hypothetical beverage containing a fixed amount of pure alcohol (varying by jurisdiction), used to gauge alcohol consumption.
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Several memory aids can be used to enhance recall (e.g., calendar; key dates serve as anchors for reporting drinking; standard drink conversion).
Heavy binge drinking was defined as >20 standard drinks (one standard drink = 10 gm alcohol) for males and >11 standard drinks, for females in the past week.
Ten millilitres: The metric measurement of one standard drink.
0.6 fluid ounces: The American measurement of one standard drink.
His standard drink on the company's private jet?
In British Colombia, a 40% tequila is sold at CAD$1.35 per standard drink, whereas a rum that is 75% ABV is just 72 cents for a standard drink, giving consumers a real financial incentive to drink the hardest liquor.
What's more, a "standard drink" in Iceland and the UK is 8g of alcohol, compared to 20g in Austria.
A standard drink, like a bottle of beer, contains a half-ounce of pure alcohol, Mr. McGee said.
In Denmark a standard drink has 12g of alcohol, compared with the UK's 7.9g.
Alcohol use was measured as the number of standard drinks consumed on a given day (i.e., each 14 g of ethanol comprised one standard drink).
About 16 ounces of the liquid would have been carried in a standard drink bottle.
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