Child Maltreatment and Its Relationship to Drug Use in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview and Multinational Research Partnership

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 347-364

  Longman Mills, Samantha ^a   González, Yolanda W ^b   Meléndez, Marlon O ^c   García, Mónica R ^d   Gómez, Juan D ^e   Juárez, Cristina G ^f   Martínez, Eduardo A ^f   Peñalba, Sobeyda J ^c   Pizzanelli, Miguel E ^g   Solórzano, Lúcia I ^c   Wright, Gloria M ^h   Cumsille, Francisco ^h   Sapag, Jaime C ⁱ   Wekerle, Christine ^i,j,k   Hamilton, Hayley A ^i,k   Erickson, Patricia G ^i,k   Mann, Robert E ^i,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^c Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LLANOS   (Colombia)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^f Universidad Evangélica de El Salvador in San Salvador   (El Salvador)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^h Inter American Drug Abuse Control Commission   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^j MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Caribbean; Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Latin America; Research partnership; Substance abuse; Substance use; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051470465     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-011-9347-0     Document Type: Article

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