Preliminary study of effect of the Iraqi invasion on addictive behaviour in Kuwait

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-149

  El Garem, H H ^a   Ismail, E S ^b  

^a Kuwait Psychiatric Hospital

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; IRAQ; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WAR;

EID: 0030207606     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.1.143     Document Type: Article

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