Family history and other characteristics of heroin-dependent Jewish males in Israel: Results of a case-control study

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 766-771

  Neumark, Yehuda ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^a   Bar Hamburger, Rachel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drugs; Epidemiology; Family history; Genetics; Heroin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TOBACCO;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MISUSE; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036791387     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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