HOW WOMEN DRINK - EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WOMENS DRINKING AND PROBLEM DRINKING

Authors
WILSNACK SC WILSNACK RW HILLERSTURMHOFEL S
Citation
Sc. Wilsnack et al., HOW WOMEN DRINK - EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WOMENS DRINKING AND PROBLEM DRINKING, Alcohol health and research world, 18(3), 1994, pp. 173-181
Citations number
59
Categorie Soggetti
Substance Abuse
Journal title
Alcohol health and research world → ACNP
ISSN journal
0090838X
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
173 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-838X(1994)18:3<173:HWD-EO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
More than 50 percent of women in the United States drink alcohol. In g eneral, they abstain more and drink less frequently than men. Women's drinking behavior is determined by demographic characteristics, such a s age, ethnicity, employment, and marital status, as well as by indivi dual and environmental risk factors.