Women, alcohol and work: Interactions of gender, ethnicity and occupational culture

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1649-1663

  Ames, Genevieve M ^a   Rebhun, L A ^b  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ALCOHOLISM; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030561578     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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