Cultural influences on substance use among hispanic adolescents and young adults: Findings from project RED

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-53

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescence; Alcohol; Cigarette smoking; Emerging adulthood; Hispanic; Marijuana; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893790047     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12060     Document Type: Article

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