Patterns and predictors of alcohol use in male and female urban police officers

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-29

  Ballenger, James F ^a   Best, Suzanne R ^a   Metzler, Thomas J ^a,b   Wasserman, David A ^a   Mohr, David C ^a   Liberman, Akiva ^c   Delucchi, Kevin ^b   Weiss, Daniel S ^b   Fagan, Jeffrey A ^d   Waldrop, Angela E ^a,b   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650640694     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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