Racial discrimination and alcohol-related behavior in urban transit operators: Findings from the San Francisco muni health and safety study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 448-458

  Yen, Irene H ^a   Ragland, David R ^b   Greiner, Birgit A ^b   Fisher, June M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAN FRANCISCO; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0032751005     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phr/114.5.448     Document Type: Article

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