Substance use among runaway and homeless youth in three national samples

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-235

  Greene, Jody M ^a   Ennett, Susan T ^a   Ringwalt, Christopher L ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RUNAWAY REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030985585     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.2.229     Document Type: Article

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