A mediational model of the relationship between linguistic acculturation and polydrug use among hispanic adolescents

Psychological Reports

Volumn 93, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 859-866

  Epstein, Jennifer A ^a,b   Doyle, Margaret ^a   Botvin, Gilbert J ^a  

^a Weill Medical College ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4243102785     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3.859     Document Type: Article

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