Pattern of cocaine and heroin abuse in a sample of Iranian popuation

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Ahmadi, Jamshid ^a,b   Sharifi, Mehrdad ^a   Mohagheghzadeh, Sadegh ^a   Dehbozorgi, G Reza ^a   Farrashbandi, Hassan ^a   Moosavinasab, Masood ^a   Firoozabadi, Ali ^a   Pridmore, Saxby ^a   Evren, Cuneyt ^a   Busch, Samantha ^a   Farash, Sarah ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cocaine; General population; Heroin; Pattern of abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; GENDER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 25444485491     PISSN: 14331055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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