Prevalence of illicit drug use among youth: Results from the Australian School Students' Alcohol and Drugs Survey

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-524

  Lynskey, Michael ^a   White, Victoria ^b   Hill, David ^b   Letcher, Tessa ^b   Hall, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDENT;

EID: 0032885259     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01309.x     Document Type: Article

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