Making Up for Lost Time: Chemically Dependent Lesbians in Later Midlife

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 105-118

  Finnegan, Dana G ^a   McNally, Emily B ^a  

^a National Association of Lesbian and Gay Addiction Professionals   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical dependency; Drugs alcohol; Lesbian; Midlife; Recovery; Sexual identity; Support networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937330035     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v11n02_05     Document Type: Article

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