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Substance Use among Street-Connected Children and Adolescents in Ghana and South Africa: A Cross-Country Comparison Study

Using two cross-sectional surveys with a purposive sample of 376 homeless children and adolescents in both Ghana and South Africa, this study was conducted to examine the prevalence, sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates of substance use among street children and adolescents. An interviewer-a...

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Autores principales:	Asante, Kwaku Oppong, Nefale, Mashudu Tshifaro
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2021
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7997445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33673464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs11030028

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