Estimated occurrence of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use among 12- to 18-year-old students in Panama: Results of Panama's 1996 national youth survey on alcohol and drug use

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-16

  González, Gonzalo B ^a   Cedeño, Miguel A ^a   Penna, Marcel ^a   Caris, Luis ^b   Delva, Jorge ^c   Anthony, James C ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Panama)

^b Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COCA; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0344334067     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891999000100002     Document Type: Article

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