Family functioning, substance use and related problem behaviors: Hispanic vs. Anglo runaway youths

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 83-101

  Slesnick, Natasha ^a   Vasquez, Christina ^a   Bittinger, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Family functioning; Hispanic youths; Runaway; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE PARENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038076507     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v01n04_05     Document Type: Article

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