Substance abuse among puerto rican and dominican gang members in a small city setting

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 21-43

  DeLaRosa, Mario R ^a   Rugh, Douglas ^a   Rojas, Patria ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aod abuse; Demographic characteristics; Ethnography research; Gang; Latinos; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023736395     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v5n01_02     Document Type: Article

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