Racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and substance abuse among latina/os nationwide

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-51

  Verissimo, Angie Denisse Otiniano ^a   Gee, Gilbert C ^b   Ford, Chandra L ^b   Iguchi, Martin Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Discrimination; Drugs; Latina os; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RACISM; SEXISM; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; SEXISM; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893515469     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034674     Document Type: Article

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