Cultural analysis as a perspective for gender-informed alcohol treatment research in a Swedish context

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 615-619

  Demarinis, Valerie ^a,b,c,e   Scheffel Birath, Christina ^c,d   Hansagi, Helen ^c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Stockholm Centre for Dependency Disorders   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL REHABILITATION PROGRAM; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RITUAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350689946     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agn092     Document Type: Article

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