Patterns of substance use onset among Hispanics in Puerto Rico and the United States

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2432-2437

  Maldonado Molina, Mildred M ^a   Collins, Linda M ^b   Lanza, Stephanie T ^b   Prado, Guillermo ^c   Ramírez, Rafael ^d   Canino, Glorisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Hispanic; Latent transition analysis; Puerto Rico; Substance use; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; PUERTO RICO; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUERTO RICO; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547642381     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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