Nonmedical prescription drug use in a nationally representative sample of adolescents: Evidence of greater use among rural adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-255

  Havens, Jennifer R ^a   Young, April M ^a,b   Havens, Christopher E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Midway College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952341979     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.217     Document Type: Article

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