Identifying subtypes of dual alcohol and marijuana users: A methodological approach using cluster analysis

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-123

  Harrington, Magdalena ^a   Baird, Janette ^b,c   Lee, Christina ^d,e   Nirenberg, Ted ^b,c,e   Longabaugh, Richard ^c,d   Mello, Michael J ^b,c   Woolard, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cluster analysis; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS INVENTORY TEST; ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA AND DRUG USE INDEX; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARIJUANA PROBLEM SCALE; METHODOLOGY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NOTEWORTHY INDEX OF PROBLEM; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG USERS; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 80054729691     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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