Ecstasy Use in South Africa: Findings from the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (SACENDU) Project (January 1997-December 2001)

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-105

  Plüddemann, Andreas ^a   Parry, Charles D H ^a   Myers, Bronwyn ^a   Bhana, Arvin ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Club drug use; Ecstasy; Epidemiology; MDMA; SACENDU; South Africa

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1342321701     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120027767     Document Type: Article

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