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SUBMITTER: Vasilenko SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5757874 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vasilenko Sara A SA Evans-Polce Rebecca J RJ Lanza Stephanie T ST
Drug and alcohol dependence 20170914
<h4>Background</h4>Although research has documented age differences in substance use, less is known about how prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) vary across age and differ by gender and race/ethnicity.<h4>Methods</h4>Time-varying effect models (TVEMs) were estimated on data from the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC III; N=36,309), a nationally representative survey of the adult population. The sample was 44% male; 53% White, 21% Black, 19% His ...[more]