Perinatal drug use among immigrant and native-born Latinas

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-62

  Vega, William A ^a   Kolody, Bohdan ^b   Hwang, Jimmy ^c   Noble, Amanda ^d   Porter, Patricia A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Drug use; Latinas; Perinatal; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0031047855     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709027296     Document Type: Article

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