Age and racial/ethnic differences in drinking and drinking-related problems in a community sample of lesbians

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-590

  Hughes, Tonda L ^a   Wilsnack, Sharon C ^a,b   Szalacha, Laura A ^a   Johnson, Timothy ^a   Bostwick, Wendy B ^a,c   Seymour, Rachel ^a   Aranda, Frances ^a   Benson, Perry ^a,b   Kinnison, Kelly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHICAGO HEALTH AND LIFE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN STUDY; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM DRINKING; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 33744952968     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.579     Document Type: Article

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