Parental Knowledge and Substance Use Among African American Adolescents: Influence of Gender and Grade Level

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 406-413

  Tebes, Jacob Kraemer ^a   Cook, Emily C ^a   Vanderploeg, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Feinn, Richard ^c   Chinman, Matthew J ^d,e   Shepard, Jane K ^a   Brabham, Tamika ^a   Connell, Christian M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Child Health and Development Institute   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

African American adolescents; Developmental differences; Gender; Parental knowledge; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960141398     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9406-3     Document Type: Article

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