Prescription-type drug misuse and workplace access among nurses

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-17

  Trinkoff, Alison M ^a   Storr, Carla L ^b   Patricia Wall, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032897844     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v18n01_02     Document Type: Article

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