Insight into alcohol-related problems and its associations with severity of alcohol consumption, mental health status, race, and level of acculturation in southern Taiwanese indigenous people with alcoholism

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-561

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Hsiao, Ray C ^c,d   Ries, Richard ^d,e   Liu, Shu Chun ^a   Huang, Chi Fen ^a   Chang, Yu Ping ^f   Yu, Ming Lung ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Alcohol; Indigene; Insight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RACE; TAIWAN;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949083488     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990802295220     Document Type: Article

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