Turning points in the life course: Current findings and future Directions in drug use research

Current Drug Abuse Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-195

  Teruya, Cheryl ^a   Hser, Yih Ing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life course; Substance use; Turning points

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRIMINOLOGY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TIME;

STREET DRUG;

HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953804073     PISSN: 18744737     EISSN: 18744745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874473711003030189     Document Type: Article

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