High risk behaviors in a sample of Mexican-American college students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-130

  Fierros Gonzalez, Ruth ^b   Brown, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFE SEX; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036483327     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.1.117     Document Type: Article

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