Use of alcohol, illicit drugs, and tobacco among characters on prime‐time television

Substance Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-103

  Long, Judith A ^a,b,f   O'Connor, Patrick G ^c   Gerbner, George ^d   Concato, John ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Illicit drugs; Television; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TELEVISION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036597089     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070209511479     Document Type: Article

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