Alcohol and drug use among vocational dental practitioners

British Dental Journal

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 265-268

  Underwood, B ^a,b   Fox, K ^a   Nixon, P J ^a  

^a LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Dental Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ADDICTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DENTAL STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0642342058     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4810479     Document Type: Article

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