Epidemiology of opium use in the general population

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-491

  Ahmadi, Jamshid ^a,c   Pridmore, Saxby ^b   Alimi, Abbas ^a   Cheraghi, Ahmad ^a   Arad, Ahmad ^a   Parsaeyan, Hamid ^a   Mohagheghzadeh, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Kianpour, Mohsen ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; General population; Opium use

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TASMANIA;

EID: 34447128835     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990701301293     Document Type: Article

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