Drug use among inner-city African American women: The process of managing loss

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 620-638

  Roberts, Carol A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Natl Hlth R and D Program   (Canada)

^d Natl Hlth R and D Program   (Canada)

^e School of Nursing   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 0033192821     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973299129122126     Document Type: Article

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