Past 15-year trends in adolescent marijuana use: Differences by race/ethnicity and sex

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-15

  Johnson, Renee M ^a   Fairman, Brian ^a   Gilreath, Tamika ^b   Xuan, Ziming ^c   Rothman, Emily F ^c   Parnham, Taylor ^a   Furr Holden, C Debra M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Marijuana cannabis; Race ethnicity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CANNABIS USE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; CANNABIS SMOKING; ETHNIC GROUP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941934028     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.025     Document Type: Article

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