Use and abuse of licit and illicit substances: Prevalence and risk factors among students in Lebanon

European Addiction Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 189-197

  Karam, Elie ^a,b,c,e,f,g   Melhem, Nadine ^a,b   Mansour, Chantal ^b,d   Maalouf, Wadih ^b   Saliba, Sabah ^b   Chami, Adel ^b  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care   (Lebanon)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care Beirut   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Abuse; Dependence; Drug; Lebanon; University

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034529054     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052045     Document Type: Article

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