International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 3-11 , 15 February 1999

Correlates of alcohol and drug use among low-income Hispanic immigrant childbearing women living in the U.S.A.

  • Cathy Strachan Lindenberg

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-206-685-0843; e-mail: clindenb@u.washington.edu.
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  • Ora Strickland

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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  • Rosa Solorzano

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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  • Cecilia Galvis

      Affiliations

    • Mercy Mobile Health Care, Saint Joseph Hospital Corporation, Atlanta, GA 30042, USA
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  • Melanie Dreher

      Affiliations

    • University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA, USA
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  • Vicki C Darrow

      Affiliations

    • University of California Irvine, College of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA

Received 3 October 1997 ,Revised 1 February 1998 ,Accepted 16 June 1998.

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International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 3-11 , 15 February 1999

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