Substance abuse: Prevalence in a sample of nursing students

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-64

  Ahmadi, Jamshid ^a,b   Maharlooy, Najmeh ^a   Alishahi, Mohammadjavad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abuse; Iran; Nursing student; Substance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TENSION; TOBACCO; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS, NURSING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0942268083     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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