Drug use amongst 12- and 13-year-olds attending emotional and behavioural difficulty units in Belfast

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-218

  McCrystal, Patrick ^a   Higgins, Kathryn ^a   Percy, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belfast youth development study; Drug use; EBD units

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; LYSERGIDE; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEISURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 27744579840     PISSN: 13632752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363275205056707     Document Type: Article

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