Similarities of substance use between medical and nursing specialties

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1443-1469

  Storr, Carla L ^a   Trinkoff, Alison M ^b   Hughes, Patrick ^c  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Dependence; Misuse; Nurses; Physicians; Professional impairment; Specialties; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO;

EID: 0033929598     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080009148225     Document Type: Article

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