Psychoactive substance use among Arab adolescent school dropouts in Israel: A phenomenon and its implications

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Azaiza, Faisal ^a   Shoham, Meyrav ^a   Bar Hamburger, Rachel ^b   Abu Asbeh, Khaled ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Israel Anti Drug Authority   (Israel)

^c Massar Institute for Strategic Planning and Consulting   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab adolescents; Dropouts; Drugs; Psychoactive substance use; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARABS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; ISRAEL; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MINORITY GROUPS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; STUDENT DROPOUTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 57849104681     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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