Psychosocial correlates of substance use among undergraduates in Ilorin University, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 541-547

  Ndom, R J E ^a   Adelekan, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0030209231     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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