Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 134-140 , 1 December 2007

Country of origin, age of drinking onset, and drinking patterns among Mexican American young adults

  • Lee Strunin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • NIAAA Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street #580, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA. Tel.: +1 617 638 5199; fax: +1 617 638 4483.
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  • Erika M. Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street #580, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • NIAAA Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street #580, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • ,
  • Dionne C. Godette

      Affiliations

    • NIAAA Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street #580, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • ,
  • Timothy Heeren

      Affiliations

    • NIAAA Youth Alcohol Prevention Center, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street #580, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA

Received 30 June 2006 ,Revised 16 May 2007 ,Accepted 17 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.05.013

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 134-140 , 1 December 2007

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