The Social Epidemiology of Drug Abuse

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Thomas, Yonette F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY LIVING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 34249305174     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.03.007     Document Type: Note

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