Prevalence of substance use disorders among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1107-1114

  Broman, Clifford L ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^b   Delva, Jorge ^b   Torres, Myriam ^b   Jackson, James S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849119496     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.100727     Document Type: Article

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