Effects of Gender Discrimination and Reported Stress on Drug Use Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Women in Northern California

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-218

  Ro, Annie ^a   Choi, Kyung Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREJUDICE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952662450     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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