Drug use among street children and non-street children in the Philippines

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-211

  Njord, Levi ^a,b   Merrill, Ray M ^a   Njord, Rebecca ^b   Lindsay, Ryan ^a   Pachano, Jeanette D R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TURN International   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drug abuse; Illegal drugs; Inhalants; Philippines; Street children; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77952254526     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510361515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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