Gender differences in the relationship of community services and informal support to seven-year drinking trajectories of alcohol-dependent and problem drinkers

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-150

  Ammon, Lyndsay ^a,b   Bond, Jason ^a   Matzger, Helen ^a,c   Weisner, Constance ^a,d,e  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute for OneWorld Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049010934     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.140     Document Type: Article

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