Epidemiology of substance use in a representative sample of 18-year-old males

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-192

  Kapusta, Nestor D ^a   Ramskogler, Katrin ^a   Hertling, Ines ^a   Schmid, Rainer ^a   Dvorak, Alexander ^a   Walter, Henriette ^a   Lesch, Otto M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COCAINE; DRONABINOL; ILLICIT DRUG; NICOTINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

CANNABIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33644970524     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh251     Document Type: Article

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