Surveying Teens in School to Assess the Prevalence of Problematic Drug Use

Journal of School Health

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 217-224

  Falck, Russel S ^a   Nahhas, Ramzi W ^a   Li, Linna ^a   Carlson, Robert G ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol; CRAFFT; Drug dependence; Drugs; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Schools; Screening test; Substance abuse; Substance use disorders; Survey research; Teenagers; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84859752505     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2012.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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