Drug consumption among medical students in São Paulo, Brazil: Influences of gender and academic year

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-239

  De Oliveira, Lucio Garcia ^a,d   Barroso, Lucia Pereira ^a   Wagner, Gabriela Arantes ^a   Ponce, Julio De Carvalho ^a   Malbergier, André ^a   Stempliuk, Vladimir De Andrade ^b   De Andrade, Arthur Guerra ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Nacional Antidrogas (SENAD National Agency on Drug Dependence)   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Psiquiatria CEAPESQ/GREA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Administration, inhalation; Descriptors: Students, medical; Epidemiology; Sex distribution; Street drugs

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349885518     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000300008     Document Type: Article

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