Former Soviet Union immigrant and native-born adolescents in Israel: Substance use and related problem behavior

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-138

  Isralowitz, Richard E ^a,b,c   Reznik, Alex ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Former Soviet Union; Immigrant and native born youth; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; USSR;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; USSR;

EID: 34247127772     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v06n01_08     Document Type: Article

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