Substance abuse by medical students and doctors

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 447-452

  Kumar, Parmod ^a   Basu, Debasish ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Drug abuse dependence; Medical students; Physicians; Residents; Substance abuse dependence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADDICTION; CAREER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONSET AGE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0034435556     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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