Letter to the editor: A preliminary study of methamphetamine use in Yunnan, China

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 543-544

  Li, Jianhua ^a   Zhang, Ruiming ^a   Liu, Hongjie ^b  

^a Yunnan Institute for Drug Abuse   (China)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOMNOLENCE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ADDICTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 47949086602     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2007.0205     Document Type: Letter

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