Comparisons of substance use disorders and correlates between aboriginal and non-aboriginal adolescents living in a mountain region in southern Taiwan

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 358-364

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Hsu, Chia Chuang ^c   Liu, Shu Chun ^a,b   Huang, Chi Fen ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ZUOYING ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Adolescent; Alcohol; Areca quid; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; NICOTINE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOLISM; ARECA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845504102     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.03.038     Document Type: Article

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