Alcohol use and alcohol-related problems in self-identified lesbians: An historical cohort analysis

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 31-44

  Parks, Cheryl A ^a,c   Hughes, Tonda L ^b  

^a University of Connecticut School of Social Work   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Alcohol use; Cohorts; Lesbian; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHICAGO; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33744952171     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v09n03_04     Document Type: Article

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