The close relatives of untreated heavy drinkers: Perspectives on heavy drinking and its effects

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-463

  Orford, Jim ^a   Dalton, Susan ^a   Hartney, Elizabeth ^a   Ferrins Brown, Maria ^a   Kerr, Cicely ^a   Maslin, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Coping; Family; Readiness to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347939777     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1606635021000034030     Document Type: Review

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