A universal harm-minimisation approach to preventing psychostimulant and cannabis use in adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vogl, Laura E ^a   Newton, Nicola C ^a   Champion, Katrina E ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Computer based; Harm minimisation; Prevention; Psychostimulant; School; Universal

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS SMOKING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84902300732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-9-24     Document Type: Article

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