Substance use amongst secondary school students in rural and urban communities in south western Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 299-305

  Fatoye, F O ^a   Morakinyo, O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036623070     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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