Racial/ethnic variations in substance-related disorders among adolescents in the United States

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1176-1185

  Wu, Li Tzy ^a   Woody, George E ^c   Yang, Chongming ^b   Pan, Jeng Jong ^d   Blazer, Dan G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80755176291     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.120     Document Type: Article

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