Social status, health status and therapy response in heroin addicts

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 465-472

  Abalkhail, B A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SERUM ALBUMIN; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0038175178     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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