Social status, gender and alcohol-related problems: The black young adult experience

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 479-496

  Godette, Dionne C ^a   Edwards, Erika ^b,c   Ford, Chandra L ^d   Strunin, Lee ^b,c   Heeren, Timothy ^b,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol related problems; Blacks; Disparities; Gender; Social status

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349943787     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850902923281     Document Type: Article

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