Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 129-133 , 1 December 2007

Variations in social contexts and their effect on adolescent inhalant use: A latent profile investigation

  • Michael G. Vaughn

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work and Center on Education and Drug Abuse Research, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Brian E. Perron

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States
    • ,
  • Matthew O. Howard

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States

Received 22 March 2007 ,Revised 16 May 2007 ,Accepted 17 May 2007.

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PII: S0376-8716(07)00214-1

doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.05.012

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 129-133 , 1 December 2007

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