Differential racial/ethnic patterns in substance use initiation among young, low-income women

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Wu, Z Helen ^a   Temple, Jeff R ^a   Shokar, Navkiran K ^a   Nguyen Oghalai, Tracy U ^a   Grady, James J ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Health disparities; Substance use; Women

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; ONSET AGE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; WINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXAS;

EID: 77950289208     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952991003718072     Document Type: Article

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