Peak ages of risk for starting nonmedical use of prescription stimulants
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Peak ages of risk for starting nonmedical use of prescription stimulants.
BACKGROUND To produce population-level, year- and age-specific risk estimates of first time nonmedical use of prescription stimulants among young people in the United States. METHODS Data are from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health 2004-2012; a nationally representative probability sample survey administered each year. Subpopulations included youths aged 12 to 21 years (n=240,160) wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.03.034