Gender differences in the relationships among SES, family history of alcohol disorders and alcohol dependence

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 825-832

  Curran, Geoffrey M ^a,b,c   Stoltenberg, Scott F ^a   Hill, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Mudd, Sharon A ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^a   Zucker, Robert A ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032721748     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.825     Document Type: Article

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