Domestic violence and substance use: Tackling complexity

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1303-1320

  Humphreys, Cathy ^a   Regan, Linda ^b   River, Dawn ^b   Thiara, Ravi K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Domestic violence; Drug misuse; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144466687     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch212     Document Type: Review

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