Having the wrong friends? Peer effects in adolescent substance use

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-233

  Lundborg, Petter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Peer effects; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; DRUG USER; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33344467923     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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