Predictors of crack cocaine initiation among Montréal street youth: A first look at the phenomenon

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Paquette, Camille ^a   Roy, Élise ^a,b   Petit, Geneviève ^a,c   Boivin, Jean François ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c Dir de sante publique et de l'evaluation de l'Agence de la sante et des ser sociaux de l'Estrie   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Incidence rate; Initiation; Risk factors; Street youth

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77953726324     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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