Tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use among Mexican-American and non- Hispanic white high school students

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1279-1310

  Grunbaum, Jo Anne ^a   Basen Engqulst, Karen ^b   Elsouki, Rablh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Drug use; Mexican American; Tobacco use

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO;

EID: 0029780804     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089609063978     Document Type: Article

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