Evaluation of a self-rating screening test for areca quid abusers in Taiwan

Public health

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 195-200

  Chen, M J ^a   Yang, Y H ^b   Shieh, T Y ^b  

^a Taitung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BETEL NUT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ARECA; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036635710     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900861     Document Type: Article

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