Drug abuse and viral hepatitis among psychiatric admissions to a Finnish psychiatric emergency ward

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-145

  Turpeinen, Pirkko ^a,b   Leinikki, Pauli ^c   Seppälä, Timo ^c   Forsman, Heikki ^a   Ahlfors, Ulf Göran ^d  

^a Helsinki City Unit of Adol Psych   (Finland)

^b Adolescent Psychiatric Services   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Rakuunantie 7B15   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Psychiatric admissions; Routine screening; Viral infections

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0032995566     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080394899426855     Document Type: Article

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