The relationship of gender and ethnicity to employment among adults residing in communal-living recovery homes

Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 92-99

  Belyaev Glantsman, Olya ^a   Jason, Leonard A ^a   Ferrari, Joseph R ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic factors; Ethnic differences; Human sex difference; Oxford House; Substance abuse recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349117769     PISSN: 1556035X     EISSN: 15560368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15560350802712462     Document Type: Article

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