Contemporaneous and intertemporal relationship between the consumption of licit and illicit substances by youth

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-289

  Abdel Ghany, Mohamed ^a   Wang, Min Qi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cigarettes; Gateway hypothesis; Marijuana; Youth risky behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043070502     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025447305590     Document Type: Article

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