Energy drinks and escalation in drug use severity: An emergent hazard to adolescent health

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue , 2018, Pages 391-396

  Leal, Wanda E ^a   Jackson, Dylan B ^b  

^a TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy drinks; Hard drugs; Mediation; Soft drugs

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; LYSERGIDE; MESCALINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSILOCYBINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; ENERGY DRINK; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SUBSTANCE USE; CANADA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CANADA; ENERGY DRINKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85036642823     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.11.033     Document Type: Article

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