Prevalence and correlates of substance use among high school students in South Africa and the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1859-1864

  Reddy, Priscilla ^a   Resnicow, Kenneth ^b   Omardien, Riyadh ^c   Kambaran, Nilen ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARCH Actuarial Consulting   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34948882731     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.086330     Document Type: Article

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