The Impact of Ethnoracial Appearance on Substance Use in Mexican Heritage Adolescents in the Southwest United States

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-240

  Ayers, Stephanie L ^a   Kulis, Stephen ^a   Marsiglia, Flavio F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; ethnoracial appearance; Mexican Mexican American; substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877320862     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986312467940     Document Type: Article

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