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[IWS] NCHS: SMOKING, ALCOHOL USE, & ILLICIT DRUG USE--AGES 12-17 YEARS 1999-2004 [20 May 2009]

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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
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Cornell University
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---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016
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National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

National Health Statistics Report
No. 15, May 20, 2009

Smoking, Alcohol Use, and Illicit Drug Use Reported by Adolescents Aged 12­17 years: United States, 1999­2004
by Cheryl D. Fryar, M.S.P.H.; Mercy C. Merino, B.S.; Rosemarie Hirsch,
M.D., M.P.H.; and Kathryn S. Porter, M.D., M.S., Division of Health and
Nutrition Examination Surveys
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr015.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]

Includes numerous TABLES....

Girls As Likely As Boys To Try Marijuana, Binge Drink
NHANES study on youth aged 12-17 also looks at smoking among adolescents.


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