Decomposing Associations Between Acculturation and Drinking in Mexican Americans

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1205-1211

  Mills, Britain A ^a   Caetano, Raul ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acculturation; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STRESS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEW MEXICO; NEW YORK CITY; PENNSYLVANIA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863780318     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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