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Early life stress and pubertal predictors of subsequent substance use in a national diverse sample of adolescents: Sex and substance type matter.

Alexandra Donovan, Shervin Assari, Christine Grella, Magda Shaheen, Linda Richter, Theodore C. Friedman

Background Early life stress (ELS) increases the risk of substance use disorder (SUD) in adulthood. The pathway from ELS to SUD is hypothesized to be influenced by sex. We examine the impact of ELS on adolescent first substance use, a common precursor to adult SUDs, and test for sex differences in the relationship between ELS and risk of first use of alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana. Methods Individuals from the A…

Drug and alcohol dependence Europe PMC

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Research Article 2012CC BY-NCFree full text · non-commercial reuse

Decreased prevalence of diabetes in marijuana users: cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III

Tripathi B Rajavashisth, Magda Shaheen, Keith C Norris, Deyu Pan, Satyesh K Sinha, Juan Ortega +1 more

ObjectiveTo determine the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and marijuana use.DesignCross-sectional study.SettingData from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988–1994) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.ParticipantsThe study included participants of the NHANES III, a nationally representative sample of th…

BMJ Open PubMed Central Open Access

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