Alcohol consumption and divorce rates in the United States

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 647-652

  Caces, M Fe ^a   Harford, Thomas C ^a,b   Williams, Gerald D ^a,c   Hanna, Eleanor Z ^a,d  

^a Office of National Drug Control Policy   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSR Incorporated   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032809012     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1999.60.647     Document Type: Article

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