Alcohol, Gender and Drinking Problems: Perspectives from Low and Middle Income Countries

This book is the product of a multinational research project on Gender Alcohol and Culture: an International Study (GENACIS). GENACIS is a major collaborative effort to highlight the relationship between gender and alcohol issues, seek greater understanding of male and female differences in patterns of drinking and alcohol problems, and assess the public health implications of drinking by men and women.

Each of the eight country-specific chapters in this volume consists of a review of alcoh...