Alcohol consumption and masculine identity among young men

Psychology and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 595-614

  De Visser, Richard O ^a   Smith, Jonathan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Identity; Masculinity; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250329452     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14768320600941772     Document Type: Article

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