Marijuana use among minority youths living in public housing developments

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-101

  Williams, Christopher ^a   Epstein, Jennifer A ^b   Botvin, Gilbert J ^b   Ifill Williams, Michelle ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032805344     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344464     Document Type: Article

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