Measuring the human cost of a weak economy: Does unemployment lead to alcohol abuse?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-260

  Ettner, Susan L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alcohol consumption; Alcohol dependence; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0031012451     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00160-8     Document Type: Article

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