Thai War on Drugs: Measuring changes in methamphetamine and other substance use by school students through matched cross sectional surveys

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1733-1739

  Daosodsai, Paiboon ^a   Bellis, Mark A ^b   Hughes, Karen ^b   Hughes, Sara ^b   Daosodsai, Sopida ^c   Syed, Qutub ^d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Khon Kaen Drug Dependence Treatment Centre   (Thailand)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drug use; Methamphetamine; Schoolchildren; Substance use; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SCHOOL; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THAILAND;

EID: 34249018579     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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