A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Plüddemann, Andreas ^a   Flisher, Alan J ^b   McKetin, Rebecca ^c   Parry, Charles D ^a,d   Lombard, Carl J ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77958054889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-5-25     Document Type: Article

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