Heavy alcohol use compared to alcohol and marijuana use: Do college students experience a difference in substance use problems?

Journal of Drug Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-103

  Shillington, Audrey M ^a   Clapp, John D ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; CAR DRIVING; ETHNOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33750108966     PISSN: 00472379     EISSN: 15414159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/8PRJ-P8AJ-MXU3-H1MW     Document Type: Article

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