Cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, other risk behaviors, and American youth

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-212

  Merrill, Jeffrey C ^a   Kleber, Herbert D ^a   Shwartz, Michael ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Lewis, Susan R ^a  

^a TREATMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JUVENILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 0032808566     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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