A longitudinal study of cocaine use among juvenile arrestees

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-109

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Wareham, Jennifer ^b   Schmeidler, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine use; Juvenile delinquents; Latent growth model

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549029267     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J029v17n01_05     Document Type: Article

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