Review: Alcohol use and problems among immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel

Substance Abuse

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 5-17

  Weiss, Shoshana ^a,b  

^a Alcohol Research Unit   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Former Soviet Union; Homelessness; Immigrants; Israel; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EMERGENCY WARD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; JEW; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; USSR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STUDENTS; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549101902     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070802418444     Document Type: Review

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