The influence of perceived risk to health and immigration-related characteristics on substance use among Latino and other immigrants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 862-868

  Ojeda, Victoria D ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049181795     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.108142     Document Type: Article

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