The specter of post-communism: Women and alcohol in eight post-Soviet states

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1254-1262

  Hinote, Brian Philip ^a   Cockerham, William C ^b   Abbott, Pamela ^c  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Former Soviet Union; Gender; Health lifestyles; Russia; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COMMUNISM; DRINKING; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMUNISM; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ARMENIA; ASIA; BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GEORGIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; MOLDOVA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES; WEST ASIA;

EID: 62249112763     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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