The Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks on Alcohol Consumption and Distress: Reactions to a National Trauma 300 Miles from Ground Zero

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-15

  Bud Perrine, M W ^a   Schroder, Kerstin E E ^a   Forester, Renée ^a   McGonagle Moulton, Pamela ^a   Huessy, Frances ^a  

^a Vermont Alcohol Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TERRORISM;

EID: 1042288263     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2004.65.5     Document Type: Article

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