Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Explanations of Nicotine's "Gateway Drug" Function

Journal of School Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Lindsay, Gordon B ^a   Rainey, Jacquie ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031110783     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1997.tb03430.x     Document Type: Article

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