Religiosity, race/ethnicity, and alcohol use behaviors in the United States

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 103-114

  Meyers, J L ^a   Brown, Q ^b   Grant, B F ^c   Hasin, D ^b,d,e  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; alcohol use disorder; NESARC; race; religiosity; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988706048     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291716001975     Document Type: Article

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