Adolescent drug use in Mexico and among Mexican American adolescents in the United States: Environmental influences and individual characteristics

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-46

  Félix Ortiz, María ^a   Villatoro Velázquez, Jorge A ^b   Medina Mora, María Elena ^b   Newcomb, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drug use; Mexican Americans; Mexicans

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034820446     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.7.1.27     Document Type: Article

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