Drug use over the youth-adult transition in a west of Scotland cohort: Prevalence, pathways and socio-demographic correlates

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 474-494

  Sweeting, Helen N ^a   West, Patrick B ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cessation; Drugs; Gender; Initiation; Socio economic status; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849089909     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10929080802028729     Document Type: Article

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