Patterns of substance use in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 358-366

  van Heerden, Margaretha S ^a   Grimsrud, Anna T ^b   Seedat, Soraya ^a   Myer, Landon ^b   Williams, David R ^c   Stein, Dan J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS SMOKING; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651215869     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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