Adolescent substance use in different social and peer contexts: A social network analysis

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-536

  Pearson, Michael ^a   Sweeting, Helen ^b   West, Patrick ^b   Young, Robert ^b   Gordon, Jacki ^c   Turner, Katrina ^d  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Choose Life   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Peer context; School context; Social networks; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751541737     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630600828912     Document Type: Article

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