Alcohol consumption and smoking and their associations with socio-demographic characteristics, dietary patterns, and perceived academic stress in Puerto Rican college students

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 82-88

  González, Anaisa M ^a   Cruz, Sonia Y ^a   Ríos, Josué L ^a   Pagán, Ideliz ^a   Fabián, Carla ^a   Betancourt, Jesmari ^a   Rivera Soto, Winna T ^a   González, Michael J ^a   Palacios, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; College students; Dietary pattern; Self perceived academic stress; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878469537     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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