Profile of heroin addicts in Nagaland, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 768-771

  Kumar, S ^a,b   Wairagkar, N S ^a,c   Mahanta, J ^a   Satyanarayana, K ^a,d   Chetial, M ^e   Phukan, R K ^a   Goswami, S K ^a  

^a Regional Medical Research Center   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^c Institute of Virology   (India)

^d REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 0030309659     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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