Does marijuana use serve as a gateway to cigarette use for high-risk African-American youth?

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 782-791

  Vaughn, Michael ^a   Wallace, John ^b   Perron, Brian ^c   Copeland, Valire ^b   Howard, Matthew ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent drug use; Marijuana use; Race disparities; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; THEORY VALIDATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MISSOURI; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549090706     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990802455477     Document Type: Article

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