Careers in ecstasy use: Do ecstasy users cease of their own accord? Implications for intervention development

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Peters, Gjalt Jorn Ygram ^a   Kok, Gerjo ^a   Schaalma, Herman P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; WORK; ADDICTION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349086517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-376     Document Type: Article

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