Poor, persecuted, young, and alone: Toward explaining the elevated risk of alcohol problems among Black and Latino men who drink

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-39

  Zemore, Sarah E ^a   Ye, Yu ^a   Mulia, Nina ^a   Martinez, Priscilla ^a   Jones Webb, Rhonda ^b   Karriker Jaffe, Katherine ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alcohol use; Discrimination; Disparities; Hispanic; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANCESTRY GROUP; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963966333     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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