Risk and Protective Factors for Adolescent Substance Use: Findings from a Study in Selected Central American Countries

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 448-455

  Kliewer, Wendy ^a   Murrelle, Lenn ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Central America; Protection; Risk; Substance use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CENTRAL AMERICA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COSTA RICA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXPOSURE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANAMA; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHER; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34247152906     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.11.148     Document Type: Article

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