The prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of khat chewing in Butajira, Ethiopia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL.S397, 1999, Pages 84-91

  Alem, A ^a   Kebede, D ^b   Kullgren, G ^c  

^a Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Ethnicity; Khat chewing; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CATHA EDULIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; MOSLEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; AGE; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032609187     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10699.x     Document Type: Article

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