Alcohol and drug use in rural colonias and adjacent urban areas of the Texas border

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 55-60

  Spence, Richard T ^a   Wallisch, Lynn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXAS;

EID: 38749126834     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2007.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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