Mexican immigration to the US and alcohol and drug use opportunities: Does it make a difference in alcohol and/or drug use?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Borges, Guilherme ^a   Rafful, Claudia ^a   Benjet, Corina ^a   Tancredi, Daniel J ^b,c   Saito, Naomi ^c   Aguilar Gaxiola, Sergio ^b   Medina Mora, Maria Elena ^a   Breslau, Joshua ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Mexican American population; Migration; Substance use opportunity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865561458     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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