Discrimination and substance use disorders among latinos: The role of gender, nativity, and ethnicity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1421-1428

  Verissimo, Angie Denisse Otiniano ^a   Grella, Christine E ^a   Amaro, Hortensia ^b   Gee, Gilbert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACISM; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904368055     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302011     Document Type: Review

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