Early adolescent patterns of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana polysubstance use and young adult substance use outcomes in a nationally representative sample

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-62

  Moss, Howard Barry ^b   Chen, Chiung M ^a   Yi, Hsiao ye ^a  

^a CSR Incorporated   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alcohol; Cigarettes; Marijuana; Polysubstance use; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL; CIGARETTES; MARIJUANA; POLYSUBSTANCE USE; SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893731643     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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