The spread of drug abuse in rapidly urbanizing communities in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Health Promotion International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-68

  Fujiwara, Takeo ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Participatory style research; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LAOS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 14944380136     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dah508     Document Type: Article

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