Substance abuse among first admissions to the psychiatric unit of a general hospital in Trinidad

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-99

  Reid, S D ^a,b   Ramcharan, C ^a,b   Ghany, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 2942637478     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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