Solitary drinking, social isolation, and escape drinking motives as predictors of high quantity drinking, among Anglo, African American and Mexican American males

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-41

  Neff, James Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031057168     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008232     Document Type: Article

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