Perceptions of Pakistani medical students about drugs and alcohol: A questionnaire-based survey

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Shafiq, Majid ^a   Shah, Zaman ^a   Saleem, Ayesha ^a   Siddiqi, Maham T ^a   Shaikh, Kashif S ^a   Salahuddin, Farah F ^a   Siwani, Rizwan ^a   Naqvi, Haider ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENZODIAZEPINES; CANNABIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34248368860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-1-31     Document Type: Article

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