Gender parity and drug use: are girls catching up with boys? A paridade de gêneros e o uso de drogas: as meninas estão alcançando os meninos?

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between gender and use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in adolescents aged 10 to 18 years in the municipalities of Jacareí and Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: A total of 971 adolescents completed the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI). RESULTS: In ou...

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Main Authors: André Malbergier, Luciana Roberta Donola Cardoso, Ricardo Abrantes do Amaral, Verena Castellani Vitor Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2012-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462012000100005