Inconsistencies in adolescents' self-reports of initiation of alcohol and tobacco use

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 613-623

  Engels, Rutger C M E ^a   Knibbe, Ronald A ^b   Drop, Maria J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 0030931996     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(96)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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