Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 4 , Pages 372-379 , October 2008

The Relationship Between Spanish Language Use and Substance Use Behaviors Among Latino Youth: A Social Network Approach

  • Michele L. Allen, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
    • UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Michele Allen, M.D., M.S., University of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine, 717 Delaware St. S.E., Minneapolis MN 55414
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  • Marc N. Elliott, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, California
    • RAND Health, Santa Monica, California
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Fuligni, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Leo S. Morales, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Katrin Hambarsoomian, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • RAND Health, Santa Monica, California
    • ,
  • Mark A. Schuster, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion, Los Angeles, California
    • RAND Health, Santa Monica, California
    • Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 14 August 2007 ,Accepted 13 February 2008.

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 Funding for this project was provide by the University of California, Los Angeles, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program; the University of California, Los Angeles, National Research Service Award training program (PE-19001); and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (U48/DP000056).

PII: S1054-139X(08)00159-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.02.016

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 4 , Pages 372-379 , October 2008

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