Self-reported substance misuse in Greek male prisoners

European Addiction Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 56-60

  Fotiadou, Maria ^a,c   Livaditis, Miltos ^b   Manou, Ioanna ^b   Kaniotou, Eleni ^b   Samakouri, Maria ^b   Tzavaras, Nicolaos ^b   Xenitidis, Kiriakos ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c Lambeth Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AUDIT; MINI; Prison; SDS; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; GREECE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1542617832     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076114     Document Type: Article

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