Patterns and correlates of alcohol consumption among African-American women

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 548-554

  Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Rao, R Sowmya ^a   Adams Campbell, Lucile L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alcohol consumption; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WALKING;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036763255     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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