Substance use in the US college-age population: Differences according to educational status and living arrangement

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-65

  Gfroerer, Joseph C ^a   Greenblatt, Janet C ^a   Wright, Douglas A ^a  

^a Office of Applied Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031035930     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.1.62     Document Type: Article

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