Southeast Asians: Asian-Pacific Americans at risk for substance misuse

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 829-848

  D'Avanzo, Carolyn Erickson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Refugees; Southeast Asian; Substance misuse de

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030817896     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709055861     Document Type: Article

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