Prevalence of at-risk drinking among a national sample of medical students

Substance Abuse

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-149

  Shah, Ameet Arvind ^a   Bazargan Hejazi, Shahrzad ^b,c   Lindstrom, Richard W ^b   Wolf, Kenneth E ^b  

^a Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; At Risk Drinking; Behaviors; Medical School; Medical Student; Risky Behaviors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649225366     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897070902802067     Document Type: Article

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