Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 27-39 , 1 June 2002

Substance use among adolescents in Taiwan: associated personality traits, incompetence, and behavioral/emotional problems

  • Po-Hsiu Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hao-Jan Yang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Tsuen Soong

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 7 Chung-Shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei J Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, 1 Jen-Ai Road, Sec. 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886-2-2312-3456x8360; fax: +886-2-2356-0840

Received 10 July 2001 ,Revised 15 January 2002 ,Accepted 15 January 2002.

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