Time trend of substance use among adolescent students in Taiwan, 1991- 1996

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 827-831

  Chou, Pesus ^a   Liou, Meei Yuan ^a   Lai, Ming Yun ^a   Hsiao, Mei Ling ^b   Chang, Hong Jen ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Public Health ^*

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cigarette smoking; Illicit substance use; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033402770     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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