Substance use, mental disorders and physical health of caribbeans at-home compared to those residing in the United States

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 710-734

  Lacey, Krim K ^a   Sears, Karen Powell ^b   Govia, Ishtar O ^a,c   Forsythe Brown, Ivy ^d   Matusko, Niki ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Mental and physical health; Migration; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE; DRUG USER; ETHNICITY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN (PERSON); CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; JAMAICA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE USE; UNITED STATES; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIGRATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUYANA; JAMAICA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921278251     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120100710     Document Type: Article

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