Spouse abuse and alcohol problems among white, African American, and Hispanic U.S. army soldiers

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1721-1733

  Bell, Nicole S ^a,b,f   Harford, Thomas C ^b   Fuchs, Cara H ^a   McCarroll, James E ^c   Schwartz, Carolyn E ^a,d,e  

^a Social Sectors Devmt Strategies   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d DeltaQuest Foundation Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f SSDS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Army; Ethnicity; Intimate Partner Violence; Race; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLDIER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33749077795     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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