Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking Among U.S.-Mexico Border and Non-Border Mexican Americans

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 677-685

  Caetano, Raul ^a   Mills, Britain ^a   Vaeth, Patrice A C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alcohol Consumption; Binge Drinking; Mexican Americans; U.S. Mexico Border

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859214581     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01652.x     Document Type: Article

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