"This monograph is based on papers prepared for the Third Working Group on Women and Alcohol, sponsored by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA); the group met in Bethesda, Maryland, in September 1993"--Title page verso Alcohol, women, and the NIAAA: the first two decades / Patricia D. Mail and Elsie D. Taylor -- Patterns and trends in women's drinking: recent findings and some implications for prevention / Sharon C. Wilsnack -- The inheritance of alcoholism in women / Matt McGue and Wendy Slutske -- Research issues in the prevention of fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol-related birth defects / Philip A. May -- Gender differences in alcohol involvement in children and adolescents: a review of the literature / John E. Donovan -- Parenting interventions to prevent alcohol and other drug use among children / Deborah A. Cohen and Janet Rice -- Women's drinking practices and problems from a lifespan perspective / Edith S. Lisansky Gomberg -- Drinking and driving among women: gender trends, gender differences / Elisabeth Wells-Parker, Carol L. Popkin, and Michele Ashley -- Women's alcohol use and their violent victimization / Brenda A. Miller -- Occupational culture, drinking, and women: an incomplete research picture / Genevieve M. Ames and L.-A. Rebhun -- The effects of alcoholism on labor market outcomes for women / Jody L. Sindelar -- Alcohol consumption and female sexuality: a review / Jeanette Norris and Tonda L. Hughes -- Future directions for psychosocial and prevention research on women and alcohol / Susan E. Martin and Jan M. Howard