Staying 'in the zone' but not passing the 'point of no return': Embodiment, gender and drinking in mid-life

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 264-277

  Lyons, Antonia C ^a   Emslie, Carol ^b   Hunt, Kate ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Embodiment; Gender; Health behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMBODIMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; EMBODIMENT; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84894058917     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12103     Document Type: Article

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