Alcohol use and its role in female homicides in the Western Cape, South Africa

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Mathews, Shanaaz ^a   Abrahams, Naeemah ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^a   Martin, Lorna J ^a   Lombard, Carl ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRANGULATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 68949207244     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.321     Document Type: Article

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