Investigating how perceived risk and availability of marijuana relate to marijuana use among adolescents in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay over time

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 201, Issue , 2019, Pages 115-126

  Schleimer, Julia P ^a   Rivera Aguirre, Ariadne E ^b   Castillo Carniglia, Alvaro ^c   Laqueur, Hannah S ^a   Rudolph, Kara E ^a   Suárez, Héctor ^d   Ramírez, Jessica ^d   Cadenas, Nora ^e   Somoza, Matías ^e   Brasesco, Maria V ^e   Martins, Silvia S ^f   Cerdá, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^d Executive Tower Building   (Uruguay)

^e National Drug Observatory of Argentina   (Argentina)

^f Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Marijuana; Perceived availability; Perceived risk; Time varying effect modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CANNABIS USE; CHILE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; URUGUAY; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARGENTINA; CANNABIS; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA USE; RISK FACTORS; URUGUAY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85067233930     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.029     Document Type: Article

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