Marijuana use and academic achievement among mexican american school-age students: Underlying psychosocial and behavioral characteristics

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 79-96

  Codina, G Edward ^a   Yin, Zenong ^a   Katims, David S ^a   Zapata, Jesse T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Gender Differences; Marijuana Use; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032372210     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v07n03_04     Document Type: Article

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