Inhalant abuse: A growing public health concern in India [1]

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Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1169-

  Waraich, B K ^a   Chavan, B S ^a   Raj, Lok ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TOBACCO;

EID: 0043205914     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00469.x     Document Type: Letter

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