A prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among south african adolescents

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 647-662

  Patrick, Megan E ^a   Collins, Linda M ^b   Smith, Edward ^b   Caldwell, Linda ^b   Flisher, Alan ^c   Wegner, Lisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent drug use; Gateway drugs; Gender differences; Latent transition analysis; South Africa; Substance use onset

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHALANT ABUSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA; ADDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649172966     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080902810244     Document Type: Article

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