Gender differences in substance misuse and psychiatric comorbidity

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-198

  Crome, Ilana B ^a  

^a CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030916390     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199705000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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