Correlates of treatment retention among multi-ethnic youth with substance use problems: Initial examination of ethnic group differences

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 105-128

  Austin, Ashley ^a   Wagner, Eric F ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Culture; Ethnicity; Substance abuse; Treatment dropout; Treatment retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646716932     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v15n03_07     Document Type: Article

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