Illicit and traditional drug use among ethnic minority adolescents in East London

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-338

  Jayakody, A A ^a   Viner, R M ^a   Haines, M M ^b   Bhui, K S ^b   Head, J A ^b,c   Taylor, S J C ^b   Booy, R ^b   Klineberg, E ^b   Clark, C ^b   Stansfeld, S A ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Adolescents; Drug use; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; GLUE; ILLICIT DRUG; SOLVENT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENCE; DRUG USER; ETHNIC MINORITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CANNABIS;

EID: 33644851080     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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