Alcohol, substance and drug use among urban slum adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya

Cities

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-240

  Mugisha, Frederick ^a   Arinaitwe Mugisha, Jacqueline ^b   Hagembe, Bilhah O N ^c  

^a Shelter Afrique Center   (Kenya)

^b CARE International in Uganda   (Uganda)

^c NatlAgyCampaign Against Drug Abuse   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Gender; Illicit drug use; Informal settlements; Urban

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRUG USER; GENDER DISPARITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

KENYA; NAIROBI;

EID: 0038335394     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(03)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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