Are we becoming more alike? Comparison of substance use in Australia and the United States as seen in the 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004 national household surveys

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-481

  Maxwell, Jane Carlisle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Addiction Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; National household surveys; Prevalence of alcohol; Tobacco and illicit drug use; United States

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49549086185     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230802090055     Document Type: Article

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