Alcohol use and misuse in urban Mexican men and women: An epidemiologic perspective

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-170

  Slone, Laurie B ^a   Norris, Fran H ^a   Gutiérrez Rodriguez, Francisco ^a   Gutiérrez Rodriguez, José de Jesús ^a   Murphy, Arthur M ^a   Perilla, Julia L ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse and dependence; Alcohol misuse; AUDs; Drinking; Epidemiology; Hispanic; Latino; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748975150     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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