Psychosocial correlates of substance use amongst secondary school students in South Western Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-158

  Fatoye, F O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RELIGION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0037900846     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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