Education inequality and use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b,c   Ahern, Jennifer ^a   Tracy, Melissa ^a   Rudenstine, Sasha ^a   Vlahov, David ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cigarettes; Drug use; Education; Inequality; Marijuana; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 34249904409     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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