2001
Mental and Physical Health and Acculturation among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans
Ortega A, Rosenheck R. Mental and Physical Health and Acculturation among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans. Military Medicine 2001, 166: 894-897. PMID: 11603242, DOI: 10.1093/milmed/166.10.894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical health risksHispanic Vietnam veteransHispanic veteransPhysical healthVietnam veteransNon-Hispanic whitesHealth risksOutcome measuresSecondary data analysisAcculturation indexEpidemiological studiesHealth outcomesMental healthVeteransMexican AmericansHealthAcculturation scoresRepresentative samplePredictive validityHispanicsPuerto RicansScoresRiskVietnam eraAssociation
2000
Acculturation and the Lifetime Risk of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders among Hispanics
ORTEGA A, ROSENHECK R, ALEGRÍA M, DESAI R. Acculturation and the Lifetime Risk of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders among Hispanics. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2000, 188: 728-735. PMID: 11093374, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200011000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersNational Comorbidity SurveyUse disordersLifetime riskGreater riskSubstance abuse disordersNon-Hispanic whitesMexican AmericansMultivariate adjustmentRisk factorsAbuse disordersPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric diagnosisIllness increasesSociodemographic characteristicsDSM-IIIU.S. adultsDisordersHispanic subgroupsAmerican SocietyParental nativityNational probability sampleRiskHispanicsProbability sample