Patterns of drug abuse in public secondary schools in Kenya

Substance Abuse

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-78

  Ndetei, David M ^a,b   Khasakhala, Lincoln I ^b   Mutiso, Victoria ^b   Ongecha Owuor, Francisca A ^a,b,c   Kokonya, Donald A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^c Meru Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Kenya; Public schools; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; KENYA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 61649110017     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070802606436     Document Type: Article

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