Age of first use and ongoing patterns of legal and illegal drug use in a sample of young londoners

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-319

  McCambridge, Jim ^a,b   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of first use; Alcohol; Cannabis; Cigarettes; Gateway; Smoking; Stimulant; Young people

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TYPES OF STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 14644400432     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-200049333     Document Type: Article

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