Ethnic drinking cultures and alcohol use among Asian American adults: Findings from a national survey

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-348

  Cook, Won Kim ^a   Mulia, Nina ^a   Karriker Jaffe, Katherine ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIRTHPLACE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DRINKING CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; INTEGRATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRESS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIA, WESTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860253206     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags017     Document Type: Article

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