On the importance of peer influence for adolescent drug use: Commonly neglected considerations

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-198

  Bauman, Karl E ^a   Ennett, Susan T ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030067205     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb03175.x     Document Type: Review

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