Perception among medical students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding alcohol and substance abuse in the community: A cross-sectional survey

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Al Haqwi, Ali I ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949515001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-5-2     Document Type: Article

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