Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 151-156 , August 2008

Family Meals and Substance Use: Is There a Long-Term Protective Association?

  • Marla E. Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Marla E. Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H., Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454.
    • ,
  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Jayne A. Fulkerson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 12 October 2007 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00094-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.01.019

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 151-156 , August 2008

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