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Clustering of Black Adolescent Marijuana Use in Low-Income, Urban Neighborhoods

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This work was supported by R01 DA032550 from the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

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  1. Department of Biostatistical Sciences and Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA

    Beth A. Reboussin

  2. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48207, USA

    Adam J. Milam

  3. Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

    Adam J. Milam, Nicholas S. Ialongo & C. Debra M. Furr-Holden

  4. Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Kerry M. Green

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Reboussin, B.A., Milam, A.J., Green, K.M. et al. Clustering of Black Adolescent Marijuana Use in Low-Income, Urban Neighborhoods. J Urban Health 93, 109–116 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-015-0014-9

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