Predicting the initiation of substance abuse in Iranian adolescents

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3153-3159

  Mohammadpoorasl, Asghar ^a   Fakhari, Ali ^a   Rostami, Fatemeh ^a   Vahidi, Rezagholi ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Incidence rate; Iran; Smoking; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK-TAKING; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34648843349     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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