Smoking, alcohol and drug use among vocational dental practitioners in 2000 and 2005

British Dental Journal

Volumn 203, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 701-705

  Underwood, B ^a   Hackshaw, A ^a   Fox, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 37249060879     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.1112     Document Type: Article

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