Environmental stressors, low well-being, smoking, and alcohol use among South African adolescents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1447-1453

  Brook, David W ^a   Rubenstone, Elizabeth ^a   Zhang, Chenshu ^a   Morojele, Neo K ^b   Brook, Judith S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent substance use; Adolescent well being; Alcohol; Environmental stressors; Smoking; South African adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

CAPE TOWN; DURBAN; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 79955525170     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.041     Document Type: Article

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