Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 498-505 , November 2008

Alcohol and Tobacco Use Among Rural Mexican Adolescents: Individual, Familial, and Community Level Factors

  • Emily J. Ozer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Emily J. Ozer, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, 50 University Hall #7360, Berkeley, CA 94720–7360
    • ,
  • Lia C.H. Fernald, Ph.D.

Received 16 November 2007 ,Accepted 19 April 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00228-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.04.014

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 498-505 , November 2008

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