Disparities in alcohol-related problems among white, black, and hispanic Americans

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 654-662

  Mulia, Nina ^a   Ye, Yu ^a   Greenfield, Thomas K ^a   Zemore, Sarah E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Alcohol Problems; Racial Ethnic Disparities; Social Consequences

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149184163     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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