Struggles with sobriety: Alcoholics anonymous membership in japan

Ethnology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  Christensen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; ALCOHOL; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; IDEOLOGY; MARGINALIZATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 79955845354     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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