Evaluating the drug use "gateway" theory using cross-national data: Consistency and associations of the order of initiation of drug use among participants in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 84-97

  Degenhardt, Louisa ^a   Dierker, Lisa ^b,c   Chiu, Wai Tat ^d   Medina Mora, Maria Elena ^e   Neumark, Yehuda ^f   Sampson, Nancy ^d   Alonso, Jordi ^g   Angermeyer, Matthias ^h   Anthony, James C ⁱ   Bruffaerts, Ronny ^j   de Girolamo, Giovanni ^k   de Graaf, Ron ^l   Gureje, Oye ^m   Karam, Aimee N ⁿ   Kostyuchenko, Stanislav ^o   Lee, Sing ^p   Lépine, Jean Pierre ^q   Levinson, Daphna ^r   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^s   Posada Villa, Jose ^t   Stein, Dan ^u   Wells, J Elisabeth ^v   Kessler, Ronald C ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^h Institute of Environmental Health   (Austria)

ⁱ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^k Regional Health Care Agency   (Italy)

^l NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

ⁿ SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^o Ukrainian Psychiatric Association   (Ukraine)

^p CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^q HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^r MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^s JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t Colombia   (Colombia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^v UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

more..

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gateway; Illicit drugs; Tobacco; WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; THEORY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77649337967     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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