Marijuana and cocaine use among female African-American welfare recipients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Williams, Chyvette T ^a   Juon, Hee Soon ^a   Ensminger, Margaret E ^a  

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

Author keywords

African American women; Cocaine; Longitudinal study; Marijuana; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; WELFARE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARIJUANA ABUSE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 3242797416     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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