Consequences of frequenting the lesbian bar

Women and Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-120

  Gruskin, Elisabeth ^a   Byrne, Kimberly ^b   Kools, Susan ^c   Altschuler, Andrea ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Commnity Led Evaluation and Research ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol problems; Bars; Lesbians; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LESBIAN; LIFE EVENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846704710     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v44n02_06     Document Type: Article

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