Determinants of the risk and timing of alcohol and illicit drug use onset among natives and non-natives: Similarities and differences in family attachment processes

Social Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 100-121

  De Wit, Margaret L ^a   Embree, Bryan G ^b   De Wit, David ^c  

^a Ministry of Community and Social Services   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033086114     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1999.9988990     Document Type: Article

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