Combining cultural, social and personality trait variables as predictors for drug use among adolescents in Zimbabwe

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 511-524

  Eide, Arne H ^a   Acuda, Stanley Wilson ^b   Khan, Naira ^b   Aaroe, Leif E ^b   Loeb, Mitch Elliott ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOBACCO; VARIANCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031259535     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1997.0106     Document Type: Article

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