Explaining recent increases in students' marijuana use: Impacts of perceived risks and disapproval, 1976 through 1996

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 887-892

  Bachman, Jerald G ^a   Johnston, Lloyd D ^a   O'Malley, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

EID: 0031780776     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.6.887     Document Type: Article

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