Drug use amongst young people attending emotional and behavioural difficulty units during adolescence: A longitudinal analysis

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-68

  McCrystal, Patrick ^a   Percy, Andrew ^a   Higgins, Kathryn ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 34347247359     PISSN: 13632752     EISSN: 17412692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632750601135907     Document Type: Article

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