Drug use opportunities as opportunities for drug use prevention: Bogotá, Colombia a case in point

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 127-134

  Neumark, Yehuda ^a   Lopez Quintero, Catalina ^a   Bobashev, Georgiy ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Drug use opportunity; Drugs; Multilevel analysis; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE OPPORTUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84858446396     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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