Onset and lifetime use of drugs in New Zealand: Results from Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey 2003-2004

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-174

  Wells, Jessie Elisabeth ^a   McGee, Magnus A ^a   Baxter, Joanne ^b   Agnew, Francis ^c   Kokaua, Jesse ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Epidemiology; Ethnic groups; Street drugs

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650662447     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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