The association of educational achievement and school dropout with risk of alcoholism: A twenty-five-year prospective study of inner-city children

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 318-326

  Crum, Rosa M ^a,b,c   Ensminger, Margaret E ^a,b,c   Ro, Marguerite J ^a,c   McCord, Joan ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031923319     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1998.59.318     Document Type: Article

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