The Role of Community Services and Informal Support on Five-Year Drinking Trajectories of Alcohol Dependent and Problem Drinkers

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 862-873

  Weisner, Constance ^a,b   Delucchi, Kevin ^a   Matzger, Helen ^a   Schmidt, Laura ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; SELF HELP; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346734262     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2003.64.862     Document Type: Article

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