Substance use disorders among adolescents in Taiwan: Prevalence, sociodemographic correlates and psychiatric co-morbidity

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1387-1396

  Chong, M Y ^b   Chan, K W ^b   Cheng, Andrew T A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032739870     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001257     Document Type: Article

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