The Relationship Between Spanish Language Use and Substance Use Behaviors Among Latino Youth: A Social Network Approach

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Allen, Michele L ^a,b   Elliott, Marc N ^b,c   Fuligni, Andrew J ^b   Morales, Leo S ^d   Hambarsoomian, Katrin ^c   Schuster, Mark A ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Health Services Research   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Latinos; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 52049089213     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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