Identifying high school students "at risk" for substance use and other behavioral problems: Implications for prevention

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Hallfors, Denise ^a,b,c   Cho, Hyunsan ^a   Brodish, Paul H ^a   Flewelling, Robert ^a   Khatapoush, Shereen ^b,d  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b Daniel Bryant Youth and Family Treatment Center   (United States)

^c Robert Wood Johnson Substance Abuse Policy Research   (United States)

^d Youth Services System for the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse   (United States)

Author keywords

"Substance abuse"; Adolescent behavior; Juvenile delinquency; Mass screening; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; SPRING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXAS;

EID: 30344436966     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080500318509     Document Type: Article

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