Risk Factors of Substance Use among Street Children from Delhi

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-225

  Pagare, Deepti ^a,b   Meena, G S ^a   Singh, M M ^a   Saha, Renuka ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Kalka Apartments   (India)

Author keywords

Maltreatment; Risk factors; Street children; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY; HOME; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STREET CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1642309466     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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