Impact of environmental factors on marijuana use in 11 European countries

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 446-457

  Franelić, Iva Pejnović ^a   Kuzman, Marina ^a   Šimetin, Ivana Pavić ^a   Kern, Josipa ^b  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CANNABIS SMOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; DRUG TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE;

ADOLESCENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SMOKING;

EID: 80053459504     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.446     Document Type: Article

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