Stressful life events among adolescents in Wuhan, China: Associations with smoking, alcohol use, and depressive symptoms

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-18

  Unger, Jennifer B ^a,c   Li, Yan ^b   Johnson, C Anderson ^a   Gong, Jie ^b   Chen, Xinguang ^a   Li, Chao Yang ^a   Trinidad, Dennis R ^a   Tran, Nancy T ^a   Lo, Angela T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Wuhan Pub Hlth Anti Epidem Stn ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; China; Depressive symptoms; Smoking; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; SCHOOL; SMOKING HABIT; STRESS;

EID: 0035022573     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327558IJBM0801_01     Document Type: Article

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