Investigating ethnic differences in adolescent alcohol use and peer norms using semi-continuous latent growth models

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 620-626

  Weaver, Scott R ^a   Cheong, JeeWon ^b   MacKinnon, David P ^c   Pentz, Mary Ann ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 80051990291     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr034     Document Type: Article

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