Relative contributions of holiday location and nationality to changes in recreational drug taking behaviour: A natural experiment in the balearic islands

European Addiction Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-86

  Bellis, Mark A ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Calafat, Amador ^b   Juan, Montse ^b   Schnitzer, Susanne ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b European Institute of Studies on Prevention ^*  (Spain)

^c SPI Forschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaine; Ecstasy; Holidays; Recreational drug use; Young people

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; KETAMINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRUNKENNESS; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOLIDAY LOCATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; TOBACCO; TOURISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; MALE; SPAIN; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149361847     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189786     Document Type: Article

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