Early Sexual Abuse, Street Adversity, and Drug Use among Female Homeless and Runaway Adolescents in the Midwest

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Chen, Xiaojin ^a   Tyler, Kimberly A ^b   Whitbeck, Les B ^b   Hoyt, Dan R ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRIVE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PREVALENCE; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; STREET ADVERSITY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842558923     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260403400101     Document Type: Article

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