The nature and predictors of substance use among lesbians

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-528

  Heffernan, Karen ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL STRESS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031837030     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(98)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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