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The epidemiologic case-crossover method is a powerful tool for research on suspected hazards of illegal drug use, the advantage being a subject-as-own-control approach that constrains stable individual-level susceptibility traits. He[...]
Auteur L. T. WU
19 Documents disponibles écrits par cet auteur
L. T. WU ; M. S. SWARTZ ; J. J. PAN ; B. BURCHETT ; P. MANNELLI ; C. YANG ; D. G. BLAZER | 2013
Dans General Hospital Psychiatry (Vol.35, n°1, January 2013) Article : PériodiqueOBJECTIVE: The objective was to identify a potential core set of brief screeners for the detection of individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD) in medical settings. METHOD: Data were from two multisite studies that evaluated stimulant us[...]
ENGLISH : Background : We examined the association between the use of inhalants, marijuana, and other drugs and recent DSM-IV substance use disorders among adolescents aged 12-17 years. Methods : Data were drawn from 2000 to 2001 National Hous[...]
L. T. WU ; D. G. BLAZER | 2011
Dans Journal of Aging and Health (Vol.23, n°3, April 2011) Article : PériodiqueOBJECTIVE: Substance abuse among older adults is a looming public health concern. The number of Americans aged 50+ years with a substance use disorder is projected to double from 2.8 million in 2002-2006 to 5.7 million in 2020. The authors provi[...]
ENGLISH : OBJECTIVE: To examine the patterns of inhalant use and correlates of the progression from inhalant use to abuse and dependence among adolescents aged 12 to 17. METHOD: Study data were drawn from the 2000 and 2001 National Household S[...]
FRANÇAIS : Ce rapport fédéral tend à démontrer que l'âge d'initiation à l'usage de cannabis influence l'abus de cocaïne et d'héroïne à l'âge adulte. 62 % des adultes âgés de 26 ans et plus et qui avaient été initiés au cannabis avant l'âge de 1[...]
ENGLISH : Objective. This study examined the correlates of injection drug use (IDU) in a community sample of psychostimulant users. Factors related to the cessation of illicit drug use and substance abuse service utilization were also determin[...]
C. LOPEZ-QUINTERO ; K. B. ROTH ; W. W. EATON ; L. T. WU ; L. B. COTTLER ; M. BRUCE ; J. C. ANTHONY | 2015
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.156, November 2015) Article : PériodiqueBackground: In contrast to research on more restricted samples of drug users, epidemiological studies open up a view of death rates and survivorship of those who have tried heroin a few times, with no acceleration toward sustained use patterns o[...]
J. Y. PARK ; L. T. WU | 2017
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.177, August 2017) Article : PériodiqueBackground: The use of marijuana for medical purposes is now legal in some U.S. states and other jurisdictions, such as Canada, and Israel. Despite the widespread legalization of medical marijuana globally, there is limited information on patter[...]
ENGLISH : Objective. To examine the prevalence of psychostimulant dependence and the characteristics associated with nonmedical users' development of dependence. Methods. The study sample was drawn from the 1995 to 1998 National Household Surv[...]
L. T. WU ; G. E. WOODY ; C. YANG ; J. H. LI ; D. G. BLAZER | 2011
Dans Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation (Vol.2, 2011) Article : PériodiqueContext: Media and scientific reports have indicated an increase in recreational use of Salvia divinorum. Epidemiological data are lacking on the trends, prevalence, and correlates of S. divinorum use in large representative samples, as well as [...]
D. J. PILOWSKY ; L. T. WU | 2013
Dans Addictive Behaviors (Vol.38, n°5, May 2013) Article : PériodiqueBackground: A review of the literature was conducted to examine substance use screening instruments commonly used with adolescents in medical settings, their comparative usefulness, and SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treat[...]
L. T. WU ; KOUZIS A. C. ; W. E. SCHLENGER | 2003
Dans American Journal of Public Health (Vol.93 n°12, 2003) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : OBJECTIVES: We examined the prevalence and correlates of substance use, dependence, and service utilization among uninsured persons aged 12 to 64 years. METHODS: We drew study data from the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abus[...]
D. G. BLAZER ; L. T. WU | 2009
Dans American Journal of Psychiatry (Vol.166, n°10, October 2009) Article : PériodiqueObjective: The purpose of this article was to estimate the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of at-risk alcohol use (especially binge drinking) among middle-aged and elderly persons in the United States and to compare at-risk alcohol use [...]
FRANÇAIS : La méthode de l'étude croisée de cas a été développée pour étudier les effets d'évènements passagers, pouvant entraîner transitoirement des prises de risque excessives et causer de graves problèmes de santé (accidents, crise cardiaqu[...]
