Women who marry men with alcohol-use disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1336-1343

  Schuckit, Marc A ^a,b   Smith, Tom L ^a,b   Eng, Mimy Y ^a,b   Kunovac, Jelena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Assortative Mating; Marriage; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0036739866     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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