Perceived discrimination and longitudinal increases in adolescent substance use: Gender differences and mediational pathways

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1006-1011

  Brody, Gene H ^a   Kogan, Steven M ^a   Chen, Yi Fu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84861950906     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300588     Document Type: Article

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