Substance use and academic performance among African American high school students

Social Work Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-161

  Williams, James Herbert ^a   Davis, Larry E ^b   Johnson, Sharon D ^c   Williams, Trina R ^d   Saunders, Jeanne A ^e   Nebbitt, Von E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performace; Adolescence; African Americans; Substance use; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948996209     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/31.3.151     Document Type: Article

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