Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Problem Drinking Among Older Mexican American Men: Results from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1055-1060

  Stroope, Samuel ^a   Martinez, Brandon C ^b   Eschbach, Karl ^c   Peek, M Kristen ^c   Markides, Kyriakos S ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican American; Nativity; Neighborhoods; Older adults; Problem drinking

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937523944     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0033-8     Document Type: Article

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