Does drinking really decrease in bad times?

Journal of health economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 659-678

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a   Black, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036637478     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(02)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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