Explaining race differences in adolescent and young adult drug use: The role of racialized social systems

Drugs and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-36

  Wallace, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; TOBACCO;

EID: 0031699607     PISSN: 87568233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J023v14n01_03     Document Type: Article

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