The effect of migration to the United States on substance use disorders among returned Mexican migrants and families of migrants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1847-1851

  Borges, Guilherme ^a,b   Medina Mora, Maria Elena ^b   Breslau, Joshua ^c   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34948850798     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.097915     Document Type: Article

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