The social contagion effect of marijuana use among adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ali, Mir M ^a,b   Amialchuk, Aliaksandr ^a   Dwyer, Debra S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL CONTAGION; SOCIAL NETWORK; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79251569867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016183     Document Type: Article

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