Use of alcohol, tobacco and non-prescription drugs among Jamaican high school students

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 111-114

  Soyibo, K ^a   Lee, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BISMUTH; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; MULTIVITAMIN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031410179     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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