Substance use among medical students: Time to reignite the debate?

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Rai, Dheeraj ^a,b   Gaete, Jorge ^a,c   Girotra, Saket ^a,d   Pal, Hem Raj ^a   Araya, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 44949142952     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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