The Validity of Truant Youths’ Marijuana Use and Its Impact on Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Taking

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 355-365

  Dembo, Richard ^a   Briones Robinson, Rhissa ^a   Barrett, Kimberly ^a   Winters, Ken C ^b   Ungaro, Rocío ^a   Karas, Lora ^c   Belenko, Steven ^d   Wareham, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c 13th Judicial Circuit ^*  (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use; marijuana use; sexual risk behaviors; truant youth; validity of marijuana use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943347570     PISSN: 1067828X     EISSN: 15470652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1067828X.2013.844089     Document Type: Article

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