The prevalence of alcohol, cigarette and illicit drug use and problems among dentists

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1023-1032

  Kenna, George A ^a   Wood, Mark D ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cigarettes; Drugs; Substance abuse; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544459082     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2005.0297     Document Type: Article

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