Age and sex differences in factors associated with the onset of cannabis use: a cohort study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 234-243

  Guxens, Mònica ^a,b   Nebot, Manel ^a   Ariza, Carles ^a  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Del Mar University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cannabis; Longitudinal study; School

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT; SMOKING; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33947591274     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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