Racial Disparities in Alcohol Use: Comparison of 2 American Indian Reservation Populations with National Data

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1683-1685

  Beals, Janette ^a,b   Spicer, Paul ^a   Mitchell, Christina M ^a   Novins, Douglas K ^a   Manson, Spero M ^a   Big Crow, Cecelia K ^a   Buchwald, Dedra ^a   Chambers, Buck ^a   Christensen, Michelle L ^a   Dillard, Denise A ^a   DuBray, Karen ^a   Espinoza, Paula A ^a   Fleming, Candace M ^a   Frederick, Ann Wilson ^a   Gurley, Diana ^a   Jervis, Lori L ^a   Jim, Shirlene M ^a   Kaufman, Carol E ^a   Keane, Ellen M ^a   Klein, Suzell A ^a   Lee, Denise ^a   McNulty, Monica C ^a   Middlebrook, Denise L ^a   Moore, Laurie A ^a   Nez, Tilda D ^a   Norton, Ilena M ^a   Orton, Heather D ^a   Randall, Carlette J ^a   Sam, Angela ^a   Shore, James H ^a   Simpson, Sylvia G ^a   Yazzie, L L ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Nighthorse Campbell Native Hlth B   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PREVALENCE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642375948     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1683     Document Type: Article

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