First opportunities to try drugs and the transition to first drug use: Evidence from a National School Survey in Panama

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1451-1467

  Delva, Jorge ^a   Van Etten, Michelle L ^b   González, Gonzalo B ^c   Cedeño, Miguel A ^c   Penna, Marcel ^c   Caris, Luis H ^d   Anthony, James C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Panama)

^d Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Drug use; Drug use opportunity; Epidemiology; Male female differences; Panama

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032799763     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089909029392     Document Type: Article

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