Substance abuse and associated psychosocial risk factors among Turkish male adolescents

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1419-1429

  Aytaclar, Sema ^a   Erkiran, Murat ^a   Kirisci, Levent ^b   Tarter, Ralph ^b  

^a Bakirkoy Psychiatric Hospital   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cross cultural; Drug Use Screening Inventory; Substance abuse; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NICOTINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE SCREENING INVENTORY; FAMILY HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141627690     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(03)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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