Disparities in alcohol use: Does race matter as much as place?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 482-484

  Fesahazion, Ruth G ^a   Thorpe, Roland J ^a   Bell, Caryn N ^a   LaVeist, Thomas A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Health status disparities; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868304315     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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