Gender, personal networks, and drug use among rural African Americans

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-54

  Goldbarg, Rosalyn ^a   Brown, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b CHARM Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PEER GROUP; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 77951215083     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.30.1.d     Document Type: Article

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