Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 65-72 , January 2011

Sensation Seeking, Risk Behaviors, and Alcohol Consumption Among Mexican Origin Youth

  • Anna V. Wilkinson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Anna V. Wilkinson, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, Unit 1340, U.T. M, D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box, 301439, Houston, TX 77230-1439
    • ,
  • Sanjay Shete, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Margaret R. Spitz, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Alan C. Swann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas - Mental Sciences Institute, Houston, Texas

Received 15 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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PII: S1054-139X(10)00228-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.05.002

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 65-72 , January 2011

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