Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of substance use in a university-student sample in Turkey

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-44

  Ilhan, Inci Özgür ^a   Yildirim, Fatma ^a   Demirbaş, Hatice ^b   Doǧan, Yildirim B ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Sociodemographic factors; Substance use; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749102411     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-7049-1     Document Type: Article

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