A road less traveled: Choosing the "Women for Sobriety" program

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-94

  Kaskutas, Lee Ann ^a,b  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; DEMOGRAPHY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SELF HELP; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029942506     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269602600106     Document Type: Article

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