Patterns of substance use in male incarcerated drug users in Sri Lanka

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 600-607

  Dissabandara, Lakal O ^a,b   Dias, Shavindra R ^b   Dodd, Peter R ^c   Stadlin, Alfreda ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Heroin; Injecting drug use; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949107105     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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