Preteenage drug use in australia: The key predictors and school-based drug education

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 384-395

  Hawthorne, Graeme ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; Australia; Drug education; Drug recruitment; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

EID: 0030982305     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(96)00181-4     Document Type: Article

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