Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 67-74 , 5 January 2007

Psychosocial correlates of substance use in adolescence: A cross-national study in six European countries

  • Anna Kokkevi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece
    • University Mental Health Research Institute (UMHRI), Soranou tou Efesiou 2, P.O. Box 66 517, 156 01 Papagou, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 210 6536902; fax: +30 210 6537273.
    • ,
  • Clive Richardson

      Affiliations

    • Panteion University, Athens, Greece
    • UMHRI, Greece
    • ,
  • Silvia Florescu

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Research and Development in Health (INCDS), Bucharest, Romania
    • ,
  • Marina Kuzman

      Affiliations

    • Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
    • ,
  • Eva Stergar

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Occupation, Traffic and Sports Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Received 3 August 2005 ,Revised 4 April 2006 ,Accepted 14 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.05.018

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 67-74 , 5 January 2007

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