Alcohol-use-related problems in Puerto Rican and Irish-American males

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-179

  Johnson, Patrick B ^a,b  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Ethnicity; Hispanic; Irish American; Puerto Rican

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031045344     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709027305     Document Type: Article

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