Under-researched demographics: Heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related problems among asian americans

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-25

  Iwamoto, Derek Kenji ^a   Kaya, Aylin ^a   Grivel, Margaux ^a   Clinton, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN AMERICAN; BINGE DRINKING; COLLEGE DRINKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCULTURATION; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING IN COLLEGE; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ASIAN AMERICANS; BINGE DRINKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RACISM; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL NORMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84965098931     PISSN: 21683492     EISSN: 21694796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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