Respondent-driven sampling of Muslim undergraduate U.S. college students and alcohol use: Pilot study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 945-953

  Arfken, Cynthia L ^a   Ahmed, Sameera ^b   Abu Ras, Wahiba ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Family and Youth Institute   (United States)

^c ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College students; Islam; Religiosity; Respondent driven sampling

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878589652     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0588-4     Document Type: Article

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