Substance use trends among active duty military personnel: Findings from the United States Department of Defense Health Related Behavior Surveys, 1980-2005

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1092-1101

  Bray, Robert M ^a,b   Hourani, Laurel L ^b  

^a RTI International ^*  (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drug use; Military; Substance abuse; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; STANDARDIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250378665     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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