Substance-dependent women attending a de-addiction center in North India: Sociodemographic and clinical profile

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 283-291

  Grover, S ^a   Irpati, A S ^a   Saluja, B S ^a   Mattoo, S K ^a   Basu, D ^a,b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Substance dependence; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 23344437188     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.16503     Document Type: Article

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