Trends in medical student use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs in an Irish university, 1973-2002

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-128

  Boland, M ^a   Fitzpatrick, P ^a   Scallan, E ^a   Daly, L ^a   Herity, B ^a   Horgan, J ^a   Bourke, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drinking; Drug use; Medical students; Trends in smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33748954773     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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