The relationship between youth's moral and legal perceptions of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana and use of these substances

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 276-286

  Amonini, Claudia ^a   Donovan, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MORALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645380820     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyh064     Document Type: Article

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