"He was the story of my drug use life": A longitudinal qualitative study of the impact of partner incarceration on substance misuse patterns among African American women

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 176-188

  Cooper, Hannah L F ^a   Clark, Claire Ducharme ^b   Barham, Terrika ^a   Embry, Venita ^a   Caruso, Bethany ^a   Comfort, Megan ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Criminal justice; Incarceration; Longitudinal design; Qualitative methods; Substance misuse; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890375745     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.824474     Document Type: Article

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