TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 71. Substance Use and Abuse
A1  - Crewe, Stephanie N.
A1  - Marcell, Arik V.
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
PY  - 2011
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Substance  use  and  abuse  in  adolescence  is  a  major  public  health  problem.  Identification  of  adolescents  at  risk  or  those  currently  abusing  substances  in  the  health  care  setting  is  often  missed,  or  the  substance  abuse  undertreated.  Although  the  prevalence  for  substance  use  over  the  past  decade  has  decreased  from  higher  rates  in  the  late  1970s,  the  2007  lifetime  prevalence  rates  of  alcohol  use  and  cigarette  smoking  among  adolescents  remain  high  at  72.2%  and  46.2%  respectively.1,2  Lifelong  substance  use  habits  are  formed  during  adolescence  and  young  adulthood  and  are  associated  with  short-term  and  long-term  health  consequences.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/23
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6737122
ER  -