Initiation of use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and other substances in US birth cohorts since 1919

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-33

  Johnson, Robert A ^a   Gerstein, Dean R ^a  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031912575     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.1.27     Document Type: Article

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