Associations between race and ethnicity and receipt of advice about alcohol use in the department of veterans affairs

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-670

  Dobscha, Steven K ^a   Dickinson, Kathryn C ^b   Lasarev, Michael R ^b   Lee, Eun Sul ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Portland VA Center for the Study of Chronic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY CARE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 66249111124     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.5.663     Document Type: Article

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