Drug trafficking and drug use among urban African-American adolescents: A causal analysis

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 280-288

  Li, Xiaoming ^a,b   Feigelman, Susan ^a   Stanton, Bonita ^a,b   Galbraith, Jennifer ^a,b   Huang, Weihua ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American; Drug trafficking; Drug use; Risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MARKETING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032211198     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(98)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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