Tackling adolescent substance abuse in Hong Kong: Where we should and should not go

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 2021-2030

  Shek, Daniel T L ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KIANG WU NURSING COLLEGE OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese; Hong Kong; Risk factors; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRIAZOLAM; ZOPICLONE;

AUTHOR; COMPREHENSION; ECOSYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; REGISTRIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38149034509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.315     Document Type: Review

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