The Hispanic Americans Baseline Alcohol Survey (HABLAS): Alcohol consumption and sociodemographic predictors across Hispanic national groups

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 402-416

  Ramisetty Mikler, Suhasini ^a   Caetano, Raul ^b   Rodriguez, Lori A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; binge drinking; Hispanic subgroups; risk drinking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649934552     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659891003706357     Document Type: Article

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