The Neighborhood Alcohol Environment and At-Risk Drinking Among African-Americans

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 996-1003

  Theall, Katherine P ^a,b,c   Lancaster, Brooke P ^a,b,c   Lynch, Sara ^b   Haines, Robert T ^b   Scribner, Scott ^b   Scribner, Richard ^b   Kishore, Vimal ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; At risk drinking; Neighborhood; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ORLEANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955443881     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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