The relationship of higher education to substance use trajectories: Variations as a function of timing of enrollment

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-105

  Thompson, Kara ^a   Homel, Jacqueline ^b   Leadbeater, Bonnie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANNABIS SMOKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923210655     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.95     Document Type: Article

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