Substance abuse among U.S. Latinos: A review of the literature

Substance Abusing Latinos: Current Research on Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-20

  MacMaster, Samuel A ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Latinos; Literature review; Substance abuse; Treatment implications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917421146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v05n01_01     Document Type: Chapter

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