Risk factors for alcohol use among inner-city minority youth: A comparative analysis of youth living in public and conventional housing

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-89

  Williams, Christopher ^a   Scheier, Lawrence M ^a   Botvin, Gilbert J ^a   Baker, Eli ^a   Miller, Nicole ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Inner cities; Minority youth; Public housing developments

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042872480     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v06n01_05     Document Type: Article

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