Alcohol use among recent Latino immigrants before and after immigration to the United States

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-168

  De La Rosa, Mario ^a   Dillon, Frank R ^a   Sastre, Francisco ^a   Babino, Rosa ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874116267     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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