Heavy alcohol consumption and marital status: Disentangling the relationship in a national study of young adults

Addiction

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1477-1487

  Power, Chris ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^b   Hope, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032868327     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.941014774.x     Document Type: Article

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