Patterns of alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use in British university students: Interfaculty comparisons

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Webb, Elspeth ^a   Ashton, Heather ^a   Kelly, Peter ^a,b   Kamali, Farhad ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Illicit drugs; Tobacco; University students

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CURRICULUM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOLOGY; STUDENT; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030813094     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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