How is excessive drinking maintained? Untreated heavy drinkers' experiences of the personal benefits and drawbacks of their drinking

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-372

  Orford, Jim ^a   Dalton, Sue ^a   Hartney, Elizabeth ^a   Ferrins Brown, Maria ^a   Kerr, Cicely ^a   Maslin, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242539680     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1606635021000010270     Document Type: Article

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