African-American alcoholics: An interpretive/constructivist model of affiliation with alcoholics (AA)

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-21

  Durant, Arthur ^a  

^a Addictions Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; African American alcoholics; Disease; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; THEORY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; CONVALESCENCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24944559781     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v04n01_02     Document Type: Article

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