Factors associated with illegal substance use initiation among young students in Mexico City

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-292

  Bojorquez, Ietza ^a   Fernández Varela, Hector ^b   Gorab, Alicia ^b   Solís, Cuauhtémoc ^b  

^a General Directorate of Epidemiology   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Mexico; Risk factor; Substance abuse; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEXICO; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77957348923     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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