Industrialization Stresses, Alcohol Abuse & Substance Dependence: Differential Gender Effects in a Kenyan Rural Farming Community

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-380

  Walt, Lisa C ^a   Kinoti, Elias ^a   Jason, Leonard A ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse and dependence; Conservation of resources theory; Gender roles; Industrialization; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878277312     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-012-9421-2     Document Type: Article

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