Predictors of help seeking among a longitudinal sample of the general population, 1984-1992

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-161

  Kaskutas, Lee Ann ^a   Weisner, Constance ^a   Caetano, Raul ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031050678     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1997.58.155     Document Type: Article

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