Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of powder cocaine and crack use among high school seniors in the United States

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-43

  Palamar, Joseph J ^a,b   Ompad, Danielle C ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Health Identity Behavior and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS)   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Crack cocaine; Powder cocaine; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; POWDER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEGRO; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POWDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; COCAINE; CRACK COCAINE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POWDERS; SCHOOLS; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890930903     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2013.838961     Document Type: Article

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