Social network influences on smoking, drinking and drug use in secondary school: Centrifugal and centripetal forces

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 699-715

  Fletcher, Adam ^a   Bonell, Chris ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

School; Social capital; Social networks; Substance use; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84879607163     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01522.x     Document Type: Article

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