Psychosocial Determinants of Alcohol Use among Minority Youth Living in Public Housing Developments

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-154

  Williams, Christopher ^a   Epstein, Jennifer A ^b   Botvin, Gilbert J ^b   Schinke, Steven P ^b   Diaz, Tracy ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Minority youth; Psychosocial determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032086442     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199806000-00001     Document Type: Article

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