Profiles of violent youth: Substance use and other concurrent problems

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 985-991

  Ellickson, Phyllis ^a   Saner, Hilary ^a   McGuigan, Kimberly A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CRIME; DELINQUENCY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030829430     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.985     Document Type: Article

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