Substance use among young people: The relationship between perceived functions and intentions

Addiction

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1043-1050

  Boys, Annabel ^a   Marsden, John ^a   Griffiths, Paul ^a   Fountain, Jane ^a   Stillwell, Carry ^a   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0032776569     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.94710439.x     Document Type: Article

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