Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: A cross sectional study

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kobori, Eiko ^a   Visrutaratna, Surasing ^b   Maeda, Yuko ^a   Wongchai, Siriporn ^b   Kada, Akiko ^c   Ono Kihara, Masako ^a   Hayami, Yoko ^a   Kihara, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiang Mai Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND;

EID: 67650675083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-11     Document Type: Article

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