Racial/ethnic composition, social disorganization, and offsite alcohol availability in San Diego County, California

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Nielsen, Amie L ^a   Hill, Terrence D ^a   French, Michael T ^b   Hernandez, Monique N ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol availability; Alcohol outlets; Neighborhoods; Race and ethnicity; Social disorganization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449535854     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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