Is serving in the armed forces associated with tobacco or cannabis initiation? A study of onset sequences before and after joining the French armed forces

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2437-2444

  Mayet, Aurélie ^a,b   Marimoutou, Catherine ^a   Esvan, Maxime ^a   Verret, Catherine ^a   Haus Cheymol, Rachel ^c   Michel, Rémy ^a   Meynard, Jean Baptiste ^a,d   Deparis, Xavier ^a,d   Migliani, René ^a,d  

^a Centre D'épidémiologie et de Santé Publique des Armées GSBdD Marseille Aubagne   (France)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^c Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées   (France)

^d Hôpital Inter Armées du Val de Grâce   (France)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Cannabis; Multi state modeling; Tobacco; Use sequence

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SENSATION SEEKING; SOCIALIZATION; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878375295     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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