Diversity of contexts in drug use among street adolescents

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1241-1253

  Goncalves De Moura, Yone ^a   Van Der Meer Sanchez, Zila ^a   Noto, Ana Regina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Addiction substance use; Adolescents; America; Behaviors; Ethnography; Risk; South; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77955562412     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310370967     Document Type: Article

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