Social Stressors and alcohol use among immigrant sexual and gender minority latinos in a nontraditional settlement state

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1365-1375

  Gilbert, Paul A ^a   Perreira, Krista ^b   Eng, Eugenia ^c   Rhodes, Scott D ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binges; Drinking; Gay; Hispanic; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Southeast US; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NORTH CAROLINA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905044450     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.901389     Document Type: Article

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