Prescription Drug Use by Adolescents: What We Are Learning and What We Still Need to Know

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 539-540

  Johnston, Lloyd D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTOXICATION; LEARNING; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF MEDICATION; SUBURBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; HUMANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70449512845     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.09.004     Document Type: Editorial

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