Substance abuse among Iranian high school students

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-226

  Momtazi, Saeed ^a   Rawson, Richard ^b  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Drug abuse; High school; Iran; Youth

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ANABOLIC AGENT; CODEINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TRAMADOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; IRAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; ROLE STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESIGNER DRUGS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MALE; OPIUM; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77952236271     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328338630d     Document Type: Review

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