Adolescent nonmedical users of prescription opioids: Brief screening and substance use disorders

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 651-656

  McCabe, Sean Esteban ^a   West, Brady T ^a   Teter, Christian J ^a,b   Cranford, James A ^a   Ross Durow, Paula L ^a   Boyd, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Brief screening; Nonmedical use; Prescription opioids; Secondary school students; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; MORPHINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTIVATION; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858334124     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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