Prevalence of psychoactive drug use among medical students in Rio de Janeiro

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 989-996

  Lambert Passos, Sonia Regina ^a,b   Alvarenga Americano do Brasil, Pedro Emmanuel ^a   Borges dos Santos, Maria Angélica ^a   Costa de Aquino, Maria Tereza ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Illicit drugs; Medical; Stanceuse; Street drugs; Students; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INHALANT ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33846034414     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0114-7     Document Type: Article

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