Childhood socio-economic status, school failure and drug abuse: A Swedish national cohort study

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1441-1449

  Gauffin, Karl ^a,b   Vinnerljung, Bo ^a,c   Fridell, Mats ^d,e   Hesse, Morten ^f   Hjern, Anders ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cohort study; Drug abuse; School failure; Social inequity; Socio economic status; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL FAILURE; SOCIAL INEQUITY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CHILDHOOD; COHORT STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; SCHOOL FAILURE; SOCIAL INEQUITY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; UNDERACHIEVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880315200     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12169     Document Type: Article

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