Preimmigration Family Cohesion and Drug/Alcohol Abuse Among Recent Latino Immigrants

The Family Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-266

  Dillon, Frank R ^a   Rosa, Mario de la ^a   Sanchez, Mariana ^a   Schwartz, Seth J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; family cohesion; illicit drug use; Latino immigrants; young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863821152     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: 15523950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480712448860     Document Type: Review

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