Self-Reported Age of Onset and Telescoping for Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana: Across Eight Years of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-348

  Shillington, Audrey M ^a   Woodruff, Susan I ^a   Clapp, John D ^a   Reed, Mark B ^a   Lemus, Hector ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; alcohol; cigarettes; marijuana; measurement; self report; stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866456166     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.710026     Document Type: Article

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