Drug use and its association with deviant behaviour among rural adolescent students in South Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 500-506

  Taiwo, T ^a   Goldstein, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34249848083     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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