The impact of Bam earthquake on substance users in the first 2 weeks: A rapid assessment

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 370-377

  Movaghar, Afarin Rahimi ^a,c   Goodarzi, Reza Rad ^a   Izadian, Elaheh ^a   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Hosseini, Mehdi ^c   Vazirian, Mohsen ^c,d  

^a Research Center of Iran   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Narcotic analgesics; Narcotics; Natural disasters; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; DISASTER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EARTHQUAKE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 23944431680     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti089     Document Type: Article

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