Motivations for use of opiates among addicts seeking treatment in shiraz

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1158-1164

  Ahmadi, Jamshid ^a   Ghanizadeh, Ahmad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034569439     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3f.1158     Document Type: Article

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