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Tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents in South Africa: shared and unshared risks

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 28 , issue 2 , 2016 , pages: 139–152

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2016.1200586

Author(s): Neo K Morojele Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South Africa , Judith S Brook Department of Psychiatry, USA , David W Brook Department of Psychiatry, USA

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Abstract

Objective: Tobacco and alcohol use by adolescents are major public health concerns in South Africa. However, the extent to which key psychosocial risk factors for tobacco use and alcohol use by adolescents in South Africa are shared or unshared is unclear. This study sought to examine the shared and unshared risk factors for tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents in Johannesburg.

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