Neighborhood Environment and Opportunity to Try Methamphetamine ("Ice") and Marijuana: Evidence from Guam in the Western Pacific Region of Micronesia

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-276

  Storr, Carla L ^a   Arria, Amelia M ^b   Workman, Randall L ^c   Anthony, James C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

"Ice"; Adolescence; Cannabis; Environment; Epidemiology; Methamphetamine; Neighborhood disadvantage; Opportunities exposure; Social capital; Social stressors

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENT; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; GUAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUAM; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1642391607     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120028490     Document Type: Article

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