Alcohol and intimate partner violence: When can we say that heavy drinking is a contributing cause of violence?

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 422-425

  Leonard, Kenneth E ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 17244379699     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.00994.x     Document Type: Editorial

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