Nonmedical use of opioid analgesics among Ontario students

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-262

  Brands, Bruna ^a,b,c   Paglia Boak, Angela ^d   Sproule, Beth A ^c,d   Leslie, Karen ^c   Adlaf, Edward M ^d,e,f  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CAMH ^*  (Canada)

^e CAMH   (Canada)

^f Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CANADA; CHILD; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949799852     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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