Substance use by pharmacy and nursing practitioners and students in a northeastern state

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 921-930

  Kenna, George A ^a,b,d   Wood, Mark D ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kent Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Data collection; Drug abuse; Ethyl; Nurses; Pharmacists; Pharmacy; Students; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; MALPRACTICE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; NURSES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL IMPAIRMENT; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 3543141785     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/61.9.921     Document Type: Article

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