Alcohol and drug use in UK university students

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9032, 1996, Pages 922-925

  Webb, E ^a   Ashton, C H ^a   Kelly, P ^a   Kamali, F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; AMYL NITRATE; BUTYL NITRITE; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; LYSERGIDE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030571203     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03410-1     Document Type: Article

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