African-American women in an alcohol intervention group: Addressing personal and political problems

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1259-1278

  Saulnier, Christine Fiynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alcohol; Intervention; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029767908     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089609063977     Document Type: Article

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