Sociocultural diversity and substance use pattern in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-104

  Chaturvedi, H K ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Northeast India; Sociocultural diversity; Substance use

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HABIT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CHRISTIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 1842608955     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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